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. The Appropriation of Blackness in Morrison, Carlos D. (et al.) Pages 15-30 Cash Rules Everything around Me: Appropriation, Commodification, and the Politics of Contemporary Protest Music and Hip Hop Robertson, Diarra Osei Pages 31-49 I’m Hip: An Exploration of Rap Music’s Creative Guise Clemmons, Kawachi Pages 51-60 Foraging Fashion: African American Influences on Cultural Aesthetics Lewis-Mhoon, Abena Pages 61-75 In the Eye of the Beholder: Definitions of Beauty in Popular Black Magazines Brown, Kimberly Pages 77-90 Neutering the Black Power Movement: The Hijacking of Protest Symbolism Stewart, James B. Pages 91-108 A Silent Protest: The 1968 Olympiad and the Appropriation of Black Athletic Power Ratchford, Jamal Pages 109-149 Imagining a Strange New World: Racial Integration and Social Justice Advocacy in Marvel Comics, 1966–1980 Terry, David Taft Pages 151-199 So You Think You Can Dance: Black Dance and American Popular Culture Brown, Tamara Lizette Pages 201-26