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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gaunt, Kyra Danielle (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2006]
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	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. MUSIC > Ethnomusicology. African Americans > Music Double dutch (Rope skipping) Rap (Music) Singing games Seilspringen Abzählreim Kinderspiel Mädchen Gesellschaft Rap Muziek. Kinderspel. Music. Music, Dance, Drama & Film. Music History & Criticism, Popular - Jazz, Rock, etc. Social & cultural history. Social discrimination & equal treatment. Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies. Ethnic studies. United States of America, USA. Popular culture. Sociology: sport & leisure. Relating to African American people. History. United States USA Schwärze Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of 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.