Classes » Fall 2006

Global Noise: Appropriation, Localization, and Racial Identification of Wold Hip Hop

COMM 12SI
Instructor, Angela Steele

"Hip-Hop is the voice of this generation. It has become a powerful force. Hip-hop binds all of these people, all of these nationalities, all over the world."
- DJ Kool Herc Can't Stop Won't Stop

Born in the embattled streets of New York City in the 1970s, Hip Hop culture has grown into a powerful artistic, cultural, and political movement. From Shanghai to San Juan, youth around the world are now using Hip Hop culture to express the realities of their lives. This course will examine Hip Hop cultures in Japan, China, France, Italy, Kenya and the Philippines. Students will use written texts, films, and music to explore issues of authenticity, identity formation, processes of appropriation, localization, race, and resistance. SyllabusDownload file