Vixen resistin': Redefining black womanhood in hip-hop music videos

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-20

  Balaji, Murali ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American woman; agency; Black womanhood; commodification; hip hop; music videos; sexuality

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; VIDEORECORDING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MUSIC; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 78149404016     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934708325377     Document Type: Article

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