Week 10 - Nov 15, 17, 19 - Music, politics and resistance
- Mon: Lecture (case study: Cuba)
- Wed: Film screening: Amandla: A Revolution in Four Part Harmony, by Lee Hirsch.
- Fri: Lecture (case study: Iran)
Readings:
Assigned reading:
Baker, Geoffrey. “Hip Hop Revolucion! Nationalizing Rap in Cuba.” Ethnomusicology, 49/3, 2005, pp. 368-402.
Additional reading:
Nooshin, Laudan. “Subversion and Countersubversion: Power, Control, and Meaning in the New Iranian Pop Music.” In Randall, A.J. (ed.) Music, Power, and Politics. NY/London: Routledge, 2005, pp. 231-272.
Further reading (film reading):
Viljoen, Stella. “En Route to the Rainbow Nation: South African Voices of Resistance.” In Richard Young (ed.) Music, Popular Culture, Identities. Amsterdam / New York: Rodopi, 2002, pp. 319-337.
DUE: Topic response essay (Mon, Nov 15)
