The (Re)Construction of Black Womanhood Among Black College Women at PWIs: A Hip Hop Feminism Model of Multiple Identities

The purpose of this study was to explore how Hip Hop informed the construction of gendered racial and sexual identities among Black women at predominately white institutions (PWIs). Ten Black women undergraduates at a PWI in the midwestern region of the US engaged in individual and focus group inter...

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Published in:Journal of college student development 2022-03, Vol.63 (2), p.168-184
Main Authors: Payne, Ashley N, West, Nicole M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American Students
Black people
Cultural factors
Cultural Influences
Educational Experience
Ethnic Stereotypes
Females
Feminism
Hip hop culture
Males
Misogyny
Music
Politics
Popular Culture
Predominantly White Institutions
Racial Composition
Racial Factors
Racial Identification
Racial identity
Racism
Self Actualization
Self concept
Sex Stereotypes
Sexual Identity
Sexuality
Social Bias
Stereotypes
Undergraduate Students
Women
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to explore how Hip Hop informed the construction of gendered racial and sexual identities among Black women at predominately white institutions (PWIs). Ten Black women undergraduates at a PWI in the midwestern region of the US engaged in individual and focus group interviews, which included participating in an activity called the Soundtrack of My Life. The research team performed a constant comparative thematic analysis and identified three themes: (a) using Hip Hop to explore the multiplicity of Black womanhood, (b) unpacking the hypersexualization of Black women in Hip Hop, and (c) leveraging Hip Hop to navigate respectability politics. These findings explicate the specific ways Black women in college rely on Hip Hop to reconstruct Black womanhood via multiple intersecting identities. This study adds to previous identity frameworks by discussing the complex nature of Hip Hop culture's influence on the construction of Black womanhood among college women and proposes the Hip Hop feminism model of multiple identities.
ISSN:0897-5264
1543-3382
1543-3382
DOI:10.1353/csd.2022.0013