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Here is a list of selected publications about hip hop and punk feminisms. As we continue this conversation, the bibliography will grow, change, and develop. Feel free to provide recommendations at [email protected].
Alice Bag, 2011. Violence Girl, From East LA Rage to Hollywood Stage: A Chicana Punk Story. Feral House.
Ruth Nicole Brown, 2008. Black Girlhood Celebration Toward A Hip Hop Feminist Pedagogy. New York , NY: Peter Lang Press.
Ruth Nicole Brown and Chamara J. Kwayke, eds., 2012. Wish To Live: The Hip-Hop Feminism Pedagogy Reader. New York, NY: Peter Lang Press.
Laina Dawes, 2013. What Are You Doing Here? A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal. Bazillion Points.
Julia Downes, 2012. The Expansion of Punk Rock: Riot grrrl challenges to gender power relations in British indie music subcultures. Women’s Studies 42(2): 204-237.
-------, ed. 2012. Women Make Noise: Girl bands from Motown to the Modern. Twickenham: Supernova Books.
-------, 2007. "Riot Grrrl: The legacy and contemporary landscape of feminist activism." In Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now!, ed. Nadine Monem. London: Black Dog Publishing, 12-49.
Aisha Durham, Brittney C. Cooper, and Susana M. Morris, 2013. "The Stage Hip-Hop Feminism Built: A New Directions." In Signs Vol. 38, No. 3: 721-737.
Nicole Fleetwood. 2005. "Hip Hop Fashion, Masculine Anxiety, and the Discourse of Americana." In Black Cultural Traffic: Crossroads In Global Performance and Popular Culture, eds. Harry Elam, Jr. and Kennell Jackson. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press.
Joanne Gottlieb and Gayle Wald, 1994. "Smells Like Teen Spirit: Riot Grrrls, Revolution and Women in Independent Rock." In Microphone Fiends: Youth Music and Youth Culture, eds. Andrew Ross and Tricia Rose. London: Routledge. 250-74.
Michelle Habell-Pallan, 2012. “‘Death to Racism and Punk Revisionism’: Alice Bag’s Vexing Voice and the Unspeakable Influence of Canción Ranchera on Hollywood Punk.” In Pop When the World Falls Apart: Music in the Shadow of Doubt, ed. Eric Weisbard. Durham: Duke University Press.
-------, 2005. Loca Motion: The Travels of Chicana/Latina Popular Culture. New York: New York University Press.
Bettina Love, 2012. Hip Hop's Li'l Sistas Speak: Negotiating Hip Hop Identities and Politics in the New South. New York, NY: Peter Lang.
Nadine Monem, ed., 2007. Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now!, London: Black Dog Publishing.
Joan Morgan, 2000. When Chickenheads Come Home To Roost: A Hip Hop Feminist Breaks It Down. Simon & Schuster.
Fiona I.B. Ngô and Elizabeth Stinson, eds., 2012. "Punk Anteriors Special Issue," Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory 22.2-3.
Mimi Thi Nguyen, 2012. “Afterward.” Punkademics. Ed Zack Furness. Minor Compositions. http://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=436
-------, 2012. “Race, Riot Grrrl, and Revival.” Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory 22.2-3: 173-196.
Jennifer Pan, September 2013. "She Came to Riot." In Jacobin: A Magazine of Culture and Polemic.
Gwendolyn Pough, 2004. Check It While I Wreck It: Black Womanhood, Hip-Hop Culture, and the Public Sphere. Northeastern Press.
Gwendolyn Pough, Elaine Richardson, Aisha Durham and Rachel Ramist, eds., 2007. Home Girls Make Some Noise! Hip-Hop Feminism Anthology. Parker Publishing.
Elaine Richardson, 2013. "Developing Critical Hip Hop Feminist Literacies: Centrality and Subversion of Sexuality in the Lives of Black Girls." In Equity & Excellence in Education 46:3, 327-341.
Kristen Schilt, 2005. "'The Punk White Privilege Scene': Riot Grrrl, White Privilege, and Zines." In Different Wavelengths: Studies of the Contemporary Women’s Movement, ed. Jo Reger. New York and London: Routledge. 39-56.
Tim'm T. West, 2005. "Keepin’ It Real: Disidentification and Its Discontents." In Black Cultural Traffic: Crossroads In Global Performance and Popular Culture, eds. Harry Elam, Jr. and Kennell Jackson. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press.
Elke Zobl and Ricarda Drueke, eds., 2012. Feminist Media: Participatory Spaces, Networks and Cultural Citizenship. Columbia University Press.
Ruth Nicole Brown, 2008. Black Girlhood Celebration Toward A Hip Hop Feminist Pedagogy. New York , NY: Peter Lang Press.
Ruth Nicole Brown and Chamara J. Kwayke, eds., 2012. Wish To Live: The Hip-Hop Feminism Pedagogy Reader. New York, NY: Peter Lang Press.
Laina Dawes, 2013. What Are You Doing Here? A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal. Bazillion Points.
Julia Downes, 2012. The Expansion of Punk Rock: Riot grrrl challenges to gender power relations in British indie music subcultures. Women’s Studies 42(2): 204-237.
-------, ed. 2012. Women Make Noise: Girl bands from Motown to the Modern. Twickenham: Supernova Books.
-------, 2007. "Riot Grrrl: The legacy and contemporary landscape of feminist activism." In Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now!, ed. Nadine Monem. London: Black Dog Publishing, 12-49.
Aisha Durham, Brittney C. Cooper, and Susana M. Morris, 2013. "The Stage Hip-Hop Feminism Built: A New Directions." In Signs Vol. 38, No. 3: 721-737.
Nicole Fleetwood. 2005. "Hip Hop Fashion, Masculine Anxiety, and the Discourse of Americana." In Black Cultural Traffic: Crossroads In Global Performance and Popular Culture, eds. Harry Elam, Jr. and Kennell Jackson. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press.
Joanne Gottlieb and Gayle Wald, 1994. "Smells Like Teen Spirit: Riot Grrrls, Revolution and Women in Independent Rock." In Microphone Fiends: Youth Music and Youth Culture, eds. Andrew Ross and Tricia Rose. London: Routledge. 250-74.
Michelle Habell-Pallan, 2012. “‘Death to Racism and Punk Revisionism’: Alice Bag’s Vexing Voice and the Unspeakable Influence of Canción Ranchera on Hollywood Punk.” In Pop When the World Falls Apart: Music in the Shadow of Doubt, ed. Eric Weisbard. Durham: Duke University Press.
-------, 2005. Loca Motion: The Travels of Chicana/Latina Popular Culture. New York: New York University Press.
Bettina Love, 2012. Hip Hop's Li'l Sistas Speak: Negotiating Hip Hop Identities and Politics in the New South. New York, NY: Peter Lang.
Nadine Monem, ed., 2007. Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now!, London: Black Dog Publishing.
Joan Morgan, 2000. When Chickenheads Come Home To Roost: A Hip Hop Feminist Breaks It Down. Simon & Schuster.
Fiona I.B. Ngô and Elizabeth Stinson, eds., 2012. "Punk Anteriors Special Issue," Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory 22.2-3.
Mimi Thi Nguyen, 2012. “Afterward.” Punkademics. Ed Zack Furness. Minor Compositions. http://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=436
-------, 2012. “Race, Riot Grrrl, and Revival.” Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory 22.2-3: 173-196.
Jennifer Pan, September 2013. "She Came to Riot." In Jacobin: A Magazine of Culture and Polemic.
Gwendolyn Pough, 2004. Check It While I Wreck It: Black Womanhood, Hip-Hop Culture, and the Public Sphere. Northeastern Press.
Gwendolyn Pough, Elaine Richardson, Aisha Durham and Rachel Ramist, eds., 2007. Home Girls Make Some Noise! Hip-Hop Feminism Anthology. Parker Publishing.
Elaine Richardson, 2013. "Developing Critical Hip Hop Feminist Literacies: Centrality and Subversion of Sexuality in the Lives of Black Girls." In Equity & Excellence in Education 46:3, 327-341.
Kristen Schilt, 2005. "'The Punk White Privilege Scene': Riot Grrrl, White Privilege, and Zines." In Different Wavelengths: Studies of the Contemporary Women’s Movement, ed. Jo Reger. New York and London: Routledge. 39-56.
Tim'm T. West, 2005. "Keepin’ It Real: Disidentification and Its Discontents." In Black Cultural Traffic: Crossroads In Global Performance and Popular Culture, eds. Harry Elam, Jr. and Kennell Jackson. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press.
Elke Zobl and Ricarda Drueke, eds., 2012. Feminist Media: Participatory Spaces, Networks and Cultural Citizenship. Columbia University Press.