AFRI 1050N - Journalism and Black Popular Culture

Institution:

Brown University

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Description:

What is "hip hop journalism"? Is it just "new journalism" stylized with urban (s)language? Is it "advocacy journalism", written subjectively by urban young people of color for urban young people of color, compelled only to celebrate and never critique or problematize hip hop culture? This seminar will be a writing-intensive examination of "hip hop journalism". We will read a survey of books and articles for textual, cultural, and aesthetic analysis of the ways in which "hip hop journalism" changes, maintains, subverts and questions the culture industry that has grown out of and around hip hop cultural expression. Weekly writing assignments - columns, editorials, reviews, and profiles - will be expected and possibly lead to the production of a class-produced blog or publication at the end of the semester. A writing sample will be requested if the class is oversubscribed.

Credits:

1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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