MUS 293 - HIP-HOP MUSIC & CULTURE

Institution:

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Music

Description:

This course examines the historical, social, political, and aesthetic roots of hip-hop music and culture. Students in this class will examine the music and lyrics of a selection of representative songs by hip-hop groups and individual artists. Through critical listening and reading students will explore and examine the sociopolitical influence and the controversy and criticisms of hip-hop music and cultural phenomena such as constructions of race, neighborhood, masculinity, misogyny and homophobia, and the uses of technology. The course will also explore how musical processes like rapping, DJing, scratching, and sampling have evolved, as well as how styles and subgenres have proliferated.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.kutztown.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 683-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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