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Academic Year 2001/2002

Black Migration, Music and Culture in the 20th Century City
AFAM 219 SP
Crosslistings:
AMST 227

This course examines the social and cultural history of four black urban communities: New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles. Focusing primarily on the mid-to-late twentieth century, this course will explore black life through historical and sociological sources, popular music forms, fiction and everyday culture.

MAJOR READINGS

Horace Cayton and St. Clair Drake, BLACK METROPOLIS
Farah Griffin, WHO SET YOU FLOWIN': THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MIGRATION NARRATIVE
Chester Himes, IF HE HOLLERS LET HIM GO
Carole Marks, FAREWELL, WE'RE GOOD AND GONE
Tricia Rose, BLACK NOISE
Suzanne Smith, DANCIN' IN THE STREET
Thomas J. Sugrue, THE ORIGINS OF THE URBAN CRISIS
Lorraine Hansberry, A RAISIN IN THE SUN

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two short papers and mid-term and final exams.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA AFAM    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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