Graduation Semester and Year
2020
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English
Department
English
First Advisor
Penelope Ingram
Abstract
Korean female hip hop artists are expanding the definition of femininity in South Korea through hip hop. In doing so, they are following a tradition first established by Black female musical performers in a new context. Korean artists are conceiving and expressing, through rap and dance, alternative versions of a “Korean woman,” thus challenging and attempting to add to the dominant conceptions of “woman.” This Thesis seeks to point out the ways female Korean hip hop artists are engaging dominant discourse regarding skin tone, body type, and expression of female sexuality, and creating spaces for the development of new discourses about gender in South Korean society.
Keywords
Korean female hip hop
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | English Language and Literature
License
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Recommended Citation
Raven, Erick, "The Social Cut of Black and Yellow Female Hip Hop" (2020). English Theses. 36.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/english_theses/36
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington