Hip-Hop Roots and Routes

AMAS-303

Beginning with its roots in the earliest music of the African diaspora and tracing its modern iterations through the 20th and early 21st centuries, this course will explore the worldwide movement and phenomenon known as hip-hop. Some have said that hip-hop is a U.S. phenomenon, yet within other countries hip-hop takes on versatile forms connected to youth rebellion, political mobilizing, and radical resistance (such as in Palestine or Brazil). This course will examine the power of hip-hop, which goes beyond its original four elements (DJ'ing, rap, dance and graffiti) to include resistance to oppression/activism, education, and others.

Credits

Prerequisites

LENG-111

Required Of

None

Electable By

All

Semesters Offered

Fall

Location

Boston

Department

AFR

Course Chair

Mike Mason

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