IN 223 - Blacks, Whites, and Blues

Institution:

Emerson College

Subject:

Description:

U.S. social history, race relations, and blues culture as a reflection of social change. Historical and literary materials relevant to African American social and economic development and white American cultural and address oral-expressive nature of African American culture, relationship to social experience, and influence on mainstream American culture. Topics include American social/ musical culture, the plantation South, migration, urban adaptation, experience of women, New Deal and 1960s Counterculture politics, and influence of blues culture internationally. Fulfills General Education U.S. Diversity requirement.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.emerson.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 824-8500

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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