Abstract
The results of this study provide insights into the ways that African American adolescents think about gendered interpersonal violence. African American high school students were invited to discuss images and incidents from contemporary urban music culture (events based on incidents with famous hip hop figures and lyrics from rap music) in a focus group format. We explored how African American youth perceived and responded to examples of gendered violence portrayed in vignettes and musical lyrics. The main analyses focus on the question of how youths' perceptions of hip hop images, hypothetical stories, and lyrics were linked to their views of "normative" gender interactions and interpersonal relationships for their racial group.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 725-737 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Sex Roles |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 11-12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 2006 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the editor and the two anonymous reviewers for their insightful suggestions for revision. We would also like to thank Kira Hudson Banks, William Corrin, Omar Headen, Lumas Helaire, Alicia Ross, Michael Selders, Mary Trujillo, and Jennifer McCall for their invaluable assistance with the focus groups. This study was funded by a grant from the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan.
Keywords
- Adolescents
- African Americans
- Gender
- Rap
- Violence
