Black Masculinity and Hip-Hop Music

Black Gay Men Who Rap

Xinling Li (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

179 Seiten

2018 | 2019 ed.
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-13-3512-9 (ISBN)

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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.

XinLing Li is Associate Professor at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK.

Introduction.- Black Masculinity, Homosexuality and Hip-Hop Music.- The Commoditisation of Hip-Hop Music and Queerness.- Revelations from Black Gay Men Who Rap.- Facing Challenges.- Homosexual Masculinity.- Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.12.2018
Zusatzinfo	2 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 179 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Schlagworte	Black Gay Men Living with HIV/AIDS • Black Men Coming Out • Dow Low Men and Black DL Men • Franck Ocean and Rap Music • Gay Music and Race • Gay Rappers • Koaz, Bone Intel, Tim’m West, Lester Greene • Queer Hip-Hop
ISBN-10	981-13-3512-5 / 9811335125
ISBN-13	978-981-13-3512-9 / 9789811335129
Zustand	Neuware