Hip Hop's Amnesia: From Blues and the Black Women's Club Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Movement

by Reiland Rabaka

Book Overview

What did rap music and hip hop culture inherit from the spirituals, classic blues, ragtime, classic jazz, and bebop? What did rap music and hip hop culture inherit from the Black Women's Club Movement, New Negro Movement, Harlem Renaissance, Hipster Movement, and Black Muslim Movement? How did black popular music and black popular culture between 1900 and the 1950s influence white youth culture, especially the Lost Generation and the Beat Generation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739174916
• ISBN13: 9780739174913
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher