LAPI 934 - The Blues

This course examines African-American social and cultural history at the crossroads of folklore, literacy narrative, and politics as it is reflected in and expressed by the musical idiom of the blues. Drawing from folk traditions, song, historical texts, documentary film, recorded and live music, dramatic literature, and dance, the course will apply interdisciplinary and ethnographic modes of analysis to interpret modern American cultural and social history.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: LACR 210

Student must have completed the second semester of their Sophomore year (45 credits).

Credits: 3 cr, 3 hrs