Hip-Hop Revolution in the Flesh
Power, Knowledge, and Pleasure in Lil’ Kim’s Lyricism
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Introduction
An extended study of the writings of Lil' Kim, the multi-platinum selling Hip Hop artist. Examines Lil' Kim's anti-sexist, gender-defiant and ultra-erotic verse alongside issues of race and the politics of imprisonment. This is the first study to apply the tools of literary criticism to Hip Hop's lyrical writings.
Keywords
aesthetics Africa African body cinema consciousness corpus freedom gender liberty literary criticism music politics truth writing
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230619111
- Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2009
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, New York
- eBook Packages Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection
- Print ISBN 978-1-349-37682-7
- Online ISBN 978-0-230-61911-1
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