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toc =English Composition 101: Professor Gray = Sexism and Misogyny: Who Takes the Rap?



This guide is designed to help you research and write an argumentative essay that responds to bell hooks’ "Sexism and Misogyny". It includes a list of scholarly and popular sources that can be used. If you have any trouble finding these sources, please ask a librarian for help. Good Luck! >
 * [|RCC Library Home Page]: Most materials found in this research guide are available at the library's home page.
 * [|"Gansta Culture - Sexism and Misogyny: Who Will Take the Rap?". In Hooks, Bell. Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations. New York: Routledge, 1994. Print.]
 * Good Search Terms to use **
 * Sexism
 * Misogyny
 * Rap Music
 * Rap Musicians
 * Hip-Hop
 * Gangsta Rap
 * Gangster Movies

=Books =

The [|on-line catalog] provides access to the Library's collection of approximately 40,000 books, periodicals and audio-visual titles. These resources may be used to find information for assignments or general interest.

The Black Church and Hip-Hop Culture: Towards Bridging the Generational Divide: BR563.N4 B5645 2012

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> I am Hip-Hop: Conversations on the Music and Culture: ML394 .R387 2011

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> The Anthology of Rap: ML3531 .A57 2010

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture: HV6437 .H34 2008

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation: E185.61 .A725 2008

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Hip-Hop Culture: ML3531 .P75 2006

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America: ML3531 .R67 1994

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">By bell hooks:

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Reel to Real: Race, Class, and Sex at the Movies: PN1995.9.S6 H66 2009 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity: E185.86 .H7417 2004 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics: HQ1190.H67 2000 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representation: E185.86 .H737 1994

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Electronic Books =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The library has over 20,000 online books from the vendor [|Ebrary.]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Brothers Gonna Work It Out: Sexual Politics in the Golden Age of Rap Nationalism.]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Classic Material: The Hip-Hop Album Guide]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Pimps up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women]

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Articles =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Access millions of journal, magazine, newspaper and reference source articles through our research databases. RCC students also have access to the Boston Public Library's [|Music Databases] with their RCC Library barcode.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Academic Search Premier]. Includes over 5,000 full-text articles about rap music.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|The African-American Experience]. Includes introductory articles about gangsta rap, musicians, albums, and record labels.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Issues and Controversies]. Includes a detailed essay on Hip-Hop Culture.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Pop Culture Universe.] Includes articles about Hip-Hop in the 1990s, individual musicians, groups, and albums.

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Streaming Videos =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">RCC students and faculty have access to full length videos from [|Films On Demand.]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|"Rhyme Pays: Hip-Hop and the Marketing of Cool." Films On Demand. Films Media Group, 2004.]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|"Decoding the Rap: Gangs and Rap Music." Films On Demand. Films Media Group, 1995.]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|"Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat." Films On Demand. Films Media Group, 1994.]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|"Religion, Rap, and the Crisis of Black Leadership: Cornel West." Films On Demand. Films Media Group, 1990.]

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Web sites =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|University of Illinois at Chicago's Hip-Hop Website]. Includes history and slang terms.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Rap Genius]. Includes lyrics to thousands of rap and hip-hop songs, with annotations and notes. The site also provides statistics on the use of words in rap lyrics.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Hip-Hop Archive and Research Institute, Hutchins Center, Harvard University.]Includes a Hip-Hop Language database.

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Citing Sources: Style Guides =

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Laguardia Community College Library MLA and APA citation style] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|The Owl at Purdue: MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide]

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Basic Research Help =


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Looking for books? Search our [|Online Catalog]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Looking for articles? Search our [|Databases]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Research guide prepared on March 11, 2014 by Autumn Haag: ahaag@rcc.mass.edu