Week 11 - Nov 14, 16 & 18, 2011 - Music, politics and resistance
- Mon: Lecture (case study: Cuba)
- Wed: Film screening: Amandla: A Revolution in Four Part Harmony, by Lee Hirsch (Films - Music 102 2011).
- Fri: Lecture (case study: Iran)
Readings:
Assigned reading:
Baker, Geoffrey. “Hip Hop Revolucion! Nationalizing Rap in Cuba.” Ethnomusicology, 49/3, 2005, pp. 368-402.
YouTube clips for this class:
Anonimo Consejo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtazbggYr5Y
Orishas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arvLBN1d3Yk
Cubanito 2002: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w50yCmsOxls
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.
YouTube clips for this class:
Googoosh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzEgPbmRLCk
Googoosh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ih-UB-XyhA
Shahab Bokharaei: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YCq0R14Ac0
Mohsen Namjoo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p743HHaHwtY
Kiosk & Mohsen Namjoo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFRworsIhW4
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.
Powerpoint presentation for this week
DUE: TOPIC RESPONSE ESSAY (Mon, Nov 14)
