Global Hip-Hop

Explores hip-hop’s international reach and
social significance; specifically, how the
genre resonates as a quintessentially
American and African-American form in local
contexts around the world. Through various
case studies, the course examines how hiphop
animates local cultural politics in an age
of globalized media, migration, and
transnationalism. Special one-time offering;
was offered spring 2008.