The Art and Politics of Hip-Hop

3 units · Undergraduate

Explores the world of Hip-Hop, from its birth in the Bronx to its infiltration of music, fashion, television, film, dance, print culture, and politics. It considers critically the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, nation, and geography as well as the ways in which Hip-Hop functions simultaneously as aesthetic, analytic, and politic. Prereq: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course. Not open to students with credit for Music 3450. Cross-listed in Music.