University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School April 2020 When the Beat Drops: Exploring Hip Hop, Home and Black Masculinity Marquese Lamont McFerguson University of South Florida Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the African American Studies Commons, Communication Commons, and the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons Scholar Commons Citation McFerguson, Marquese Lamont, "When the Beat Drops: Exploring Hip Hop, Home and Black Masculinity" (2020). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/8321 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. When the Beat Drops: Exploring Hip Hop, Home and Black Masculinity by Marquese Lamont McFerguson A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Communication College of Arts & Sciences University of South Florida Major Professor: Aisha S. Durham, Ph.D. Frederick Steier, Ph.D. Chris McRae, Ph.D. Gary L. Lemons, Ph.D. Date of Approval: October 25, 2019 Keywords: autoethnography, black popular culture, media studies, art-based research Copyright © 2020, Marquese Lamont McFerguson TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract .........................................................................................................................................