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The Cardi B–Beyoncé complex : ratchet respectability and black adolescent girlhood

Article: English. Online
Author(s)
Payne, Ashley N.
Title
The Cardi B–Beyoncé complex : ratchet respectability and black adolescent girlhood / Ashley N. Payne
In
Journal of Hip Hop Studies (JHHS), Chicago: Virginia Commonwealth University, Scholars Compass, 2014-, 26-43
Subjects
Freestyle Rap
Content
Testu osoa
Type of material
Article
ISBN / ISSN
2331-5563
Notes
Bibliografia: 41-43 or.
The identity of Black girls is constantly subject to scrutiny in various spaces, particularly within Hip Hop and education. Previous scholarship has noted that, as Black girls are compelled to navigate the margins of respectability politics, the images and messages of Hip Hop culture have always created a complicated and complex space for Black girls’ identity development. The purpose of this article is to explore how Black adolescent girls construct their identities, particularly as it relates to ratchet-respectability identity politics, a concept called the Cardi B–Beyoncé́ complex. In examining the Cardi B–Beyoncé́ complex, I look at the intersection of ratchetness and respectability in educational settings and the influence of Hip Hop artists and images on the construction of ratchet-respectability identities. Further, this theme informs the need for a transformative, ratchet educational space for Black girls where the multiplicity of the Black girlhood experience will be appreciated and not silenced.