Introduction : hip-hop is more than just music to me : the potential for a movement in the culture -- 1. Bringing wreck : theorizing race, rap, gender, and the public sphere -- 2. My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone : black women's expressive cultures and black feminist legacies -- 3. I bring wreck to those who disrespect me like a dame : women, rap, and the rhetoric of wreck -- 4. (Re)reconstructing womanhood : black women's narratives in hip-hop culture -- 5. Girls in the hood and other ghetto dramas : representing black womanhood in hip-hop cinema and novels -- 6. Hip-hop soul mate? : hip-hop soul divas and rap music : critiquing the love that hate produced -- 7. You can't see me/you betta recognize : using rap to bridge gaps in the classroom -- Conclusion : imagining images : black womanhood in the twenty-first century.