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Author:
Gaunt, Kyra Danielle.
Title:
The games black girls play : learning the ropes from Double-dutch to Hip-hop / Kyra D. Gaunt.
Publisher:
New York University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2006
Description:
xv, 221 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
African Americans--History and criticism--History and criticism
African American girls--Social life and customs.
Rap (Music)--History and criticism.
Singing games--United States.
Double dutch (Rope skipping)--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-210) and index.
Contents:
Slide : games as lessons in black musical style -- Education, liberation : learning the ropes of a musical blackness -- Mary Mack dressed in black : the earliest formation of a popular music -- Saw you with your boyfriend : music between the sexes -- Whose got next game? : women, hip-hop, and the power of language -- Double forces has got the beat : reclaiming girls' music in the sport of double-dutch -- Let a woman jump : dancing with the Double Dutch Divas.
ISBN:
9780814731208
9780814731192
9780814731208 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814731201 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814731192 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814731198 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)61309345
LCCN:
2005024053
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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