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Author Gaunt, Kyra Danielle.

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

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2006]
©2006

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  780.89 G272G    Check Shelf
Description xv, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index.
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.
Subject 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.
ISBN 0814731198 cloth alkaline paper
0814731201 paperback alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780814731192
9780814731208
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