Faculty First Year Seminars 191TEF1 - Global Implications of Hip Hop

Hip Hop is a cultural form cultivated from evolving Black and African aesthetics drawn from ancestral expressions of culture and spirituality. For many in the United States, Hip Hop appears to be simply a pop culture phenomenon with limited representations associated with the culture and often consumed through corporate mass media. Despite its contemporary role in modern pop culture in the United States and beyond, the roots of Hip Hop connect to a profound history of struggle and resistance to oppression. In its expression, the implications of race and spirituality as an integral component of Hip Hop emerge when examined with greater depth. These implications in how Hip Hop emerged in the United States now translates in variety of ways throughout the world. This course will explore how history, race, culture and spirituality interweave into the global phenomenon known as Hip Hop culture

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