The games black girls play : learning the ropes from Double-dutch to Hip-hop /
Kyra D. Gaunt.
- New York : New York University Press, c2006.
- xv, 221 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-210) and index.
Slide : games as lessons in black musical style -- Education, liberation : learning the ropes of a musical blackness -- Mary Mack dressed in black : the earliest formation of a popular music -- Saw you with your boyfriend : music between the sexes -- Whose got next game? : women, hip-hop, and the power of language -- Double forces has got the beat : reclaiming girls' music in the sport of double-dutch -- Let a woman jump : dancing with the Double Dutch Divas.
African Americans--Music--History and criticism. African American girls--Social life and customs. Rap (Music)--History and criticism. Singing games--United States. Double dutch (Rope skipping)--United States. Muziek. Kinderspel.