The Department of African American Studies has scheduled the following course on Hip-Hop for the Spring 2015 semester (also see course flyer attached):
AFRO 298: “Hip Hop & The Black Experience”
Instructor: Dr. Samir Meghelli
Wednesdays, 10:00am-12:50pm
Description:
What are the social, economic, and political forces that have shaped Hip Hop as a cultural movement? How has Hip Hop both been influenced by and helped influence formations of race, gender, class, and sexuality across the African diaspora and the world? This course explores these questions and others by examining the history and development of Hip Hop in the broad context of immigration/migration, deindustrialization, the rise and demise of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, globalization, and mass incarceration.