The games black girls play : learning the ropes from Double-dutch to Hip-hop /

2007 Alan Merriam Prize presented by the Society for Ethnomusicology. 2007 PEN/Beyond Margins Book Award Finalist. When we think of African American popular music, our first thought is probably not of double-dutch: girls bouncing between two twirling ropes, keeping time to the tick-tat under their t...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Gaunt, Kyra Danielle
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : New York University Press, c2006.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
2007 Alan Merriam Prize presented by the Society for Ethnomusicology. 2007 PEN/Beyond Margins Book Award Finalist. When we think of African American popular music, our first thought is probably not of double-dutch: girls bouncing between two twirling ropes, keeping time to the tick-tat under their toes. But this book argues that the games black girls play -handclapping songs, cheers, and double-dutch jump rope-both reflect and inspire the principles of black popular musicmaking. The Games Black Girls Play illustrates how black musical styles are incorporated into the earliest games African Ame
Umfang:
1 online resource (237 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-210) and index.
ISBN:
0-8147-3273-9
Schlagworte:
African Americans > Music > 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.
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