Soul Thieves: The Appropriation and Misrepresentation of African American Popular Culture

Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creations have the potential to be healing agents, they are still exploited -often with the complicity of African Americans- for commercial purposes and to maintain white ruling class hegemony. Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creations have the potential to be healing agents, they are still exploited -often with the complicity of African Americans- for commercial purposes and to maintain white ruling class hegemony.

• | Author: B. Kopano, T. Brown
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Dec 17, 2014
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780230108974
• | ISBN-10: 0230108970