TY  - GEN
AB  - This book offers an interdisciplinary study of hip-hop music written and performed by rappers who happen to be out black gay men. It examines the storytelling mechanisms of gay themed lyrics, and how these form protests and become enabling tools for (black) gay men to discuss issues such as living on the down-low and HIV/AIDS. It considers how the biased promotion of feminised gay male artists/characters in mainstream entertainment industry has rendered masculinity an exclusively male heterosexual property, providing a representational framework for men to identify with a form of "homosexual masculinity"--One that is constructed without having to either victimise anything feminine or necessarily convert to femininity. The book makes a strong case that it is possible for individuals (like gay rappers) to perform masculinity against masculinity, and open up a new way of striving for gender equality.--
AU  - Li, Xinling
CN  - ML3470
ID  - 1398206
KW  - Rap musicians.
KW  - Musicians, Black.
KW  - Gay musicians.
KW  - Music
KW  - Masculinity in music.
KW  - Rappeurs.
KW  - Musiciens noirs.
KW  - Musiciens homosexuels.
KW  - Musique
KW  - Masculinité dans la musique.
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-13-3513-6
N2  - This book offers an interdisciplinary study of hip-hop music written and performed by rappers who happen to be out black gay men. It examines the storytelling mechanisms of gay themed lyrics, and how these form protests and become enabling tools for (black) gay men to discuss issues such as living on the down-low and HIV/AIDS. It considers how the biased promotion of feminised gay male artists/characters in mainstream entertainment industry has rendered masculinity an exclusively male heterosexual property, providing a representational framework for men to identify with a form of "homosexual masculinity"--One that is constructed without having to either victimise anything feminine or necessarily convert to femininity. The book makes a strong case that it is possible for individuals (like gay rappers) to perform masculinity against masculinity, and open up a new way of striving for gender equality.--
SN  - 9811335133
SN  - 9789811335136
T1  - Black masculinity and hip-hop music :black gay men who rap /
TI  - Black masculinity and hip-hop music :black gay men who rap /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-13-3513-6
ER  -