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- Title
The Butt Remix: Beauty, Pop Culture, Hip Hop, and the Commodification of the Black Booty.
- Authors
Romero, Elena
- Abstract
The article talks about the commodification of African American women's buttocks and the role of beauty standards, pop culture and hip hop culture in it. Topics discussed include the objectification, stereotyping, and exploitation of the body in the name of fashion accessory, an article by scholar Magdalena Barrera on American society's fascination with buttocks, and the role of vivid visuals and explicit song lyrics of hip hop music in it.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AFRICAN American women; SEXUAL objectification; BUTTOCKS; COMMODIFICATION; HIP-hop culture; POPULAR culture
- Publication
QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, 2017, Vol 4, Issue 3, p190
- ISSN
2327-1574
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14321/qed.4.3.0190