GJ STDS M35

Blues, Society, and American Culture

• Literary and Cultural Analysis
• Visual and Performance Arts Analysis and Practice

(Same as Ethnomusicology M35.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Sociocultural history and survey of blues music tradition from its roots in West Africa to its emergence in African American oral culture, with emphasis on philosophical underpinnings and social and political impact of blues and its influence on development of country, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, rock, hip-hop music, and other mediums. P/NP or letter grading.