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

Illustrates how black musical styles are incorporated into the earliest games African American girls learn--how, in effect, these games contain the DNA of black music. Drawing on interviews, recordings of handclapping games and cheers, and her own observation and memories of gameplaying, Gaunt argue...

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Main Author: Gaunt, Kyra Danielle
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2006.
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Music Library

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Call Number: ML3479 .G38 2006
Status: Available