Afro-American Studies 366 - SEM: HIP HOP/GLOBAL PLTCS/RACE

Topics course. Careful not to essentialize a ?black? experience, this seminar seeks to explore the recent turn in scholarship that examines the socio-cultural dynamics involved in the trafficking and spread of rap music and hip hop culture globally. Using ethnographies that privilege African and African-descended sites, we will investigate the extent to which race shapes the lived experiences of these populations, and to what extent does hip hop?s black cultural framings facilitate new, black identities that see themselves as connected to the African diaspora.

Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores