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245 00 Blacking up :|bhip-hop's remix of race and identity.
       |h[Kanopy electronic resource] 
264  1 [San Francisco, California, USA] :|bKanopy Streaming,
       |c2014. 
300    1 online resource (1 video file, 56 min. 54 sec.) :
       |bdigital, stereo., sound, color 
336    two-dimensional moving image|2rdacontent 
337    computer|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|2rdacarrier 
344    digital 
347    video file|bMPEG-4|bFlash 
500    A co-production of Limbic Productions, Inc. and WTIU, 
       produced in association with ITVS with funds provided by 
       the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 
500    Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity. Winner 
       of the American Library Association's 2011 Notable Videos 
       for Adults Award. 
518    Originally produced by California Newsreel in 2010. 
520    Hip-Hop was created by urban youth of color more than 30 
       years ago amid racial oppression and economic 
       marginalization. It has moved beyond that specific 
       community and embraced by young people worldwide, 
       elevating it to a global youth culture. The ambitious and 
       hard-hitting documentary Blacking Up: Hip-Hops Remix of 
       Race and Identity looks at the popularity of hip-hop among
       Americas white youth. It asks whether white identification
       is rooted in admiration and a desire to transcend race or 
       if it is merely a new chapter in the long continuum of 
       stereotyping, mimicry and cultural appropriation? Does it 
       reflect a new face of racial understanding in white 
       America or does it reinforce an ugly history?  The film 
       presents a diverse group of white rap fans (often referred
       to by derogatory terms such as “wannabe” or “wigger”) 
       and performers with very different ways of expressing 
       their relationship to Hip-Hop music and culture. Against 
       the unique backdrop of American popular music, Blacking Up
       explores racial identity in U.S. society  how do white 
       youth define and express themselves culturally? Why would 
       creating an alternative persona be attractive to white 
       suburban youth? What does “authenticity” mean in 
       reference to Hip-Hop, an art form often based on 
       “sampling” music from other performers? How does this 
       type of performance affect the communities being emulated?
       How do white performers impact interracial dialogue and 
       the cultural landscape? These questions are examined in 
       fascinating vignettes featuring: --A tense Hip-Hop battle 
       between white and black students at Indiana University-
       Bloomington.  --A backlash against "wiggers" in a 
       Midwestern white community. --A revealing analysis of how 
       rapper Vanilla Ice was marketed to mainstream audiences.  
       --Performers whose use of racially-charged symbols beg 
       comparison to minstrelsy. --A black-owned New York bus 
       tour that specializes in bringing outsiders into the 
       neighborhoods where Hip-Hop was first invented - replete 
       with complimentary "bling".  The documentary places the 
       issues of cross-cultural appropriation and desire in 
       historical context, drawing parallels between the figure 
       of the white Hip-Hop fan and previous incarnations of 
       white identification with black culture. Blacking Up 
       addresses the legacy of blackface performers such as Al 
       Jolson (introducing us to the contemporary Al Jolson Fan 
       Club). In addition, jazz figures like the "hipster" and 
       rock and roll icons like Elvis Presley and the Rolling 
       Stones are considered within a broader context of white 
       appropriation of black cultural expression. The film 
       posits that identifying with black culture has offered 
       white performers and consumers a means to lift inhibitions,
       and in the case of Hip-Hop has given white men license to 
       act aggressively masculine.  Throughout the documentary 
       there is insightful commentary by African American 
       cultural critics such as Amiri Baraka (who draws parallels
       to the beatnik era), Nelson George, Greg Tate, comedian 
       Paul Mooney and Hip-Hop figures Chuck D, Russell Simmons, 
       M1 of Dead Prez, and DJ Kool Herc. Blacking Up will be a 
       useful resource for courses in Media Studies, Cultural 
       Studies, Sociology, African American Studies, Anthropology
       and Cross-Cultural Dialogue as well as for Student 
       Services programs.  Washington D.C. based filmmaker Robert
       Clift is currently completing his dissertation for the 
       Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana 
       University. His previous film, Stealing Home: The Case of 
       Cuban Baseball was broadcasted nationally on PBS in 2001.-
       -Kanopy. 
534    |pOriginally produced|c[United States], California 
       Newsreel, 2010. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Rap (Music). 
650  0 Rap musicians|zUnited States. 
650  0 Music and race|zUnited States. 
650  0 Hip-hop. 
650  0 Hip-hop|zUnited States|xInfluence. 
700 1  Clift, Robert A. 
710 2  Kanopy (Firm) 
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