At once dated and still revelent, this is a book where you find yourself reading closely and then skimming parts. I wonder, for instance, how the bits about Zimbabwe if have gotten worse considering. I also, quite frankly, what to point out some bits.(1) Rap music, today, one could agrue gets far more "censorship" attacks than rock, but in the 1990s, it was Rock music as well as rap. (2) I have no idea what she is talking about when she goes on, at length, about women not being out on the streets during the day because unlike men the women are working. Um, really? Because it never looked that way to me. Okay, maybe the women aren't in the bars, but maybe, just maybe, that has more to do with the fact that women need to worry about what gets added to their drinks? This ties in with French's thesis, but doesn't get a mention.(3) She explains why it is understandable that Louis Farrakhan is racist but then questions why he is anti-semitic.So dated in places, off topic in others, yet still an important read, especially when looking at the treatment of women in culture.
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At once dated and still revelent, this is a book where you find yourself reading closely and then skimming parts. I wonder, for instance, how the bits about Zimbabwe if have gotten worse considering. I also, quite frankly, what to point out some bits.(1) Rap music, today, one could agrue gets far more "censorship" attacks than rock, but in the 1990s, it was Rock music as well as rap. (2) I have no idea what she is talking about when she goes on, at length, about women not being out on the streets during the day because unlike men the women are working. Um, really? Because it never looked that way to me. Okay, maybe the women aren't in the bars, but maybe, just maybe, that has more to do with the fact that women need to worry about what gets added to their drinks? This ties in with French's thesis, but doesn't get a mention.(3) She explains why it is understandable that Louis Farrakhan is racist but then questions why he is anti-semitic.So dated in places, off topic in others, yet still an important read, especially when looking at the treatment of women in culture.
