On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Phonopsia wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lester Kenyatta Spence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Kent williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Cyclone Louise Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313 Detroit" > <313@hyperreal.org>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 6:21 AM > Subject: Re: (313) Re: hey ya? > > > > Just trying to keep these three ideas (blacks are american, blacks are the > > other, pop music is an economic product) in my head simultaneously is a > > difficult feat. but suffice it to say that because of these dynamics I'm > > willing to bet that the following assertions hold true about misogyny in > > hiphop: > > > > 1. Misogyny in hip-hop is a hyperextension rather than an accurate > > reflection of misogyny in black life. > > > That's the point really, innit? The point where misogyny becomes pervasive > is the point where life imitates art. And unfortunately, I suspect we're > approaching that more by the day.
"innit?" so i see the iowa accent has not effectively disappeared! ;) There's been some attempt to actually test this empirically....to see whether exposure to rap music (or other "aggressive art forms" like heavy metal) has an impact on how people think and behave. there's some tentative support for the relationship. people listening to violent hip hop are more likely to support violence as a means of conflict resolution than people listening to non-violent hiphop. but more work needs to be done, in both testing the effect experimentally, and in tracing the development of these themes in the music (and on radio and video) over time. i'm doing some of this work myself, and we'll see what happens. peace lks
