Soul Thieves The Appropriation and Misrepresentation of African American Popular Culture
Description
Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creations have the potential to be healing agents, they are still exploited -often with the complicity of African Americans- for commercial purposes and to maintain white ruling class hegemony.
Keywords
HistorySocial HistoryUnited StatesAmericas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Social ScienceMedia StudiesAnthropologyCultural & Social
2014Book
Author(s)Baruti N. Kopano
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780230108912
LanguageEnglish
