Date of Award
1993
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
The issue of oppression becomes all the more complicated when it is realized that the language used by the dominant culture and, to a certain extent, those who are subordinate to that culture, is not only race- and class-biased but phallogocentric as well. It is primarily through language that social customs, beliefs and practices are normalized and viewed as "common sense" by the people engaging in them. Since it plays an integral role in constructing the "reality" for any given group of individuals, language is anything but a benign method of communication among human beings. Certain groups, however, often manage to break with the dominant discourses and rewrite the language. From within the hip-hop subculture, black female rap artists emerge as a challenge to misogyny and racial bigotry by resisting the hegemonic modes which construct and control the human subject.
Extent
82 p.
Recommended Citation
Biferie, Michelle Joanne, "Gender, race, class and the problem of meaning: Black female rappers as a site for resistance" (1993). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 448.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/448
Identifier
FADT14891
Comments
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Adviser: Mike Budd.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1993.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection