For Wednesday, 18 December (Final Exam Period), 3:30-5:30Prep Note that we meet from 3:30-5:30 that day! Attendance is mandatory; in-class presentations are not. If you are presenting, […]

For Wednesday, 11 December (Last Day of Class)Prep DUE: Each INDIVIDUAL needs to submit a link to their Story Map by the end of the day, 12/10! Francesca Polletta, […]

For Monday, 9 DecemberPrep Parul Sehgal, ‘The Tyranny of the Tale’, The New Yorker (10 & 17 July 2023) Video: Review ‘Ghostface Killah Crowns […]

For Wednesday, 4 DecemberPrep Adam Bradley, ‘Storytelling’, in Book of Rhymes (Basic Books, 2009). I posted the PDF in the #general channel on our […]

For Monday, 2 DecemberPrep William Jelani Cobb, ‘Asphalt Chronicles: Hip Hop and the Storytelling Tradition’, in Cobb, To the Break of Dawn: A Fre […]

For Wednesday, 27 NovemberCLASSES FOLLOW A FRIDAY SCHEDULE.

For Monday, 25 NovemberPrep Gilbert B. Rodman, ‘Race … and Other Four-Letter Words: Eminem and the Cultural Politics of Aut […]

For Wednesday, 20 NovemberPrep Andrew Nosnitsky, ‘Gray Matters’, Pitchfork (4 March 2013). On the legacy of Houston’s DJ Screw—possibly the most influ […]

For Monday, 18 NovemberPrep Matt Miller, ‘Rap’s Dirty South: From Subculture to Pop Culture’, (password-protected PDF) in Forman and Neal (2012 […]

For Wednesday, 13 OctoberPrep Davarian Baldwin, ‘Black Empires, White Desires: The Spatial Politics of Identity in the Age of Hip-Hop’, (pa […]

For Monday, 11 October11/11 Happy Corduroy Day! Prep Mychal Denzel Smith, ‘Confessions of a Conscious Rap Fan’, Pitchfork (28 June 2022) […]

For Wednesday, 6 NovemberTricia Rose, ‘Never Trust a Big Butt and a Smile’, in Forman and Neal (2004), pp. 291-306 Audio: ‘Saweetie, City Girls, and […]

For Monday, 4 NovemberPaul Gilroy, ‘It’s a Family Affair’ (password-protected PDF), in Neal and Forman (2012) Audio: ‘Allah B of the Nation of Go […]

For Wednesday, 30 OctoberToday we’re going to spend the whole period talking about the Story Maps Proposal Outline assignment. We’ll also make some time to […]

For Monday, 28 OctoberKembrew McLeod, ‘Authenticity Within Hip-Hop and Other Cultures Threatened With Assimilation’ (password-protected PDF), in For […]

For Wednesday, 23 OctoberMurray S. Davis, ‘That’s Interesting! Towards a Phenomenology of Sociology and a Sociology of Phenomenology’, Philosophy of the S […]

For Monday, 21 OctoberMurray S. Davis, ‘That’s Interesting! Towards a Phenomenology of Sociology and a Sociology of Phenomenology’, Philosophy of the S […]

For Wednesday, 16 OctoberAdam Bradley, ‘Rhyme’, Ch. 2 in Book of Rhymes (2009) Audio: Adam Bradley, ‘American Poets on the Hip-Hop Songs That Most Inspire […]

For Tuesday, 15 OctoberH. Samy Alim, ‘“Bring It to the Cypher”: Hip-Hop Nation Language’, in Forman and Neal (2012) Audio: Chief Rocker Busy Bee Starski […]

For Wednesday, 9 OctoberH. Samy Alim, ‘“Bring It to the Cypher”: Hip-Hop Nation Language’, in Forman and Neal (2012) Audio: Chief Rocker Busy Bee Starski […]