Yes Yes Y'All and other books on my son's syllabus
Monday, January 16, 2012
It's a line of inquiry that he has come to on his own, a course of study magnificently facilitated by a university that offers courses with titles that could be lines torn from poetry.
Case in point: This semester, my son will be studying the history of hip-hop. I didn't quite know what that meant until I received the book list from the book store (and that only because the books were bought with my credit card).
Don't you just love a course that asks its students to buy titles like these?
Black Bourgeoisie
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
Hard Core
Hip-Hop Revolution in the Flesh
Reinventing Africa
Sound Clash
Yes Yes Y'All
4 comments:
That's absolutely fantastic and made me smile :) What an awesome course that's going to be.
His interest is very close to market research, which is what my company does. Hope he continues to find ways to explore this passion. (My son is very big into hip hop ... he says I am a "hipster," though -- which is something between a hippie and a poseur. In other words, very not cool.) :-)
David, you made me laugh!
Love this list and knowing what's ahead for this semester!
Hi Beth!
Those look like great books for an interesting class...Something I would have delved into had my alma mater offered it.
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