Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-6-2024
Abstract
2000s Britain was an interesting and expansive time musically for Black Britain (Bradley 2013), as underground music gained traction in mainstream spaces. This article examines the context in which Black British women were able to cross over into the British mainstream and explores how U.K. garage and U.K. funky artists expressed their creativity, autonomy, womanhood, Blackness, and Britishness. Female U.K. garage artists set a precedent in the creation of “new” diverse identities for Black British women artists, but artists in both underground and mainstream music scenes were also forced to contend with restrictive and harmful misogynoir.
Recommended Citation
Monique Charles (2024) Make It Funky for Me: Black British Women’s Explorations of Britishness, Womanhood, and Artistry Through 2000s Music, Popular Music and Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2024.2320584
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The author
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Comments
This article was originally published in Popular Music and Society in 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2024.2320584