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Author Sharpley-Whiting, T. Denean.

Title Pimps up, ho's down : hip hop's hold on young Black women / T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2007]
©2007

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.488 S532P    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 187 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Prologue : Sex, power, and punanny -- Introduction: Pimpin' ain't easy, but somebody's got to do it -- 1. "I see the same ho" : video vixens, beauty culture, and diasporic sex tourism -- 2. Too hot to be bothered : Black women and sexual abuse -- 3. "I'm a hustla, baby" : groupie love and the hip hop star -- 4. Strip tails : booty clappin', p-poppin', shake dancing -- 5. Coda, or a few last words on hip hop and feminism -- Notes -- Index -- About the author.
Subject African American women -- Social conditions.
Young women -- United States -- Social conditions.
Hip-hop -- Social aspects.
Sex role -- Political aspects -- United States.
Sexism -- United States.
African American women -- Psychology.
Young women -- United States -- Psychology.
African American women -- Interviews.
Young women -- United States -- Interviews.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
ISBN 9780814740149 cloth alkaline paper
0814740146 cloth alkaline paper
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