Black women queering the mic: Missy Elliott disturbing the boundaries of racialized sexuality and gender.

Journal Article (Journal Article)

Though there were and always have been djs, dancers, graffiti artists, and rappers who were Black women, they are placed on the periphery of hip-hop culture; their voices, along with "gay rappers" and "white rappers" devalued and their contribution to the global rise of hip-hop either forgotten or eschewed. This article is an attempt to articulate the existence of Black women who work outside of the paradigms of the "silence, secrecy, and a partially self-chosen invisibility" that Evelynn Hammonds describes. At the center of this article lies an attempt to locate a new configuration and expression of desire and sexuality, opening a door, wide open, to gain a different view of Black women, their sexuality, their expression of it, and the complexities that arise when they attempt to express it in hip hop nation language.

Full Text

Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Lane, N

Published Date

  • July 2011

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 58 / 6-7

Start / End Page

  • 775 - 792

PubMed ID

  • 21740210

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1540-3602

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0091-8369

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1080/00918369.2011.581921

Language

  • eng