Dirty South Feminism: The Girlies Got Somethin’ to Say Too! Southern Hip-Hop Women, Fighting Respectability, Talking Mess, and Twerking Up the Dirty South

Within southern hip-hop, minimal credit has been given to the Black women who have curated sonic and performance narratives within region. Many hip-hop scholars journalists centralized accomplishments masculinities of male rap performances. Here, dirty south feminism works explore how agency, location, women’s (lyrics rhyme) dance (twerking) performances in are established under a contemporary womanist framework. I critique history culture by decentralizing male-dominated hyper-masculine identities. Second, extend feminist/womanist scholarship that includes tangible reflections womanhood emerge out South see these reshape re-inform representations girls culture. use include geographical understandings grown up sexually shamed, objectified pushed margins history. seek following questions: How does presence localize help expand hip-hop? can “dirty south” as place be guide disrupt conservative through lens?