BLST0348A-F21
Afro-Caribbean Music Genres
Please register via SPAN 0348
Afro-Caribbean Music Genres
In this course we will study Afro-Caribbean music genres (eg, reggae, mambo, salsa, merengue, reggaeton, and calypso) and their impact within the region and on the global stage. Our main goal will be to compare the contested theoretical concept of cultural hybridity among the larger Caribbean nations (Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dominican Republic) and their diasporas. We will also explore how Caribbean musicians and superstars work within the global infrastructure of the music/dance industry, while occasionally managing to counter the hegemonic erasure of the legacy of Black rebellion, worker revolution, nationalism, and racial/gender politics. (SPAN 0220 or 300 level Spanish course) 3 hrs. lect
In this course we will study Afro-Caribbean music genres (eg, reggae, mambo, salsa, merengue, reggaeton, and calypso) and their impact within the region and on the global stage. Our main goal will be to compare the contested theoretical concept of cultural hybridity among the larger Caribbean nations (Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dominican Republic) and their diasporas. We will also explore how Caribbean musicians and superstars work within the global infrastructure of the music/dance industry, while occasionally managing to counter the hegemonic erasure of the legacy of Black rebellion, worker revolution, nationalism, and racial/gender politics. (SPAN 0220 or 300 level Spanish course) 3 hrs. lect
- Term:
- Fall 2021
- Location:
- Hillcrest 103(HLD 103)
- Schedule:
- 7:30pm-10:25pm on Monday (Sep 13, 2021 to Dec 13, 2021)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Course Modality:
- In-Person
- Instructors:
- Enrique Garcia
- Subject:
- Black Studies
- Department:
- Program in Black Studies
- Division:
- Interdisciplinary
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- AAL AMR ART CMP LNG
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- SPAN0348A-F21 *
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 92944
- Subject Code:
- BLST
- Course Number:
- 0348
- Section Identifier:
- A