GJ STDS M35
Blues, Society, and American Culture
Also listed as ETHNMUS M35: the same class, and each department holds its own seats and its own grade history.
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(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.
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