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AAST 118 - Ritual and Performance I: The World According to the Yoruba and their Descendants in the New World


Next Offered: 2011-2012
Semester Offered: Spring Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3SS, WR, CD
This course will construct and deconstruct popular art through ritual traditions of the Yoruba, KiKongo, and their descendants in the New World, with a specific focus on Hip-Hop. We will explore religious phenomena, performance, and artistic “agency” through the visual, oral, and written representations in like-performance arenas while comparing traditional royal courts and rap “dynasties;” paralleling Kongo Cosmograms to graffiti, political, and gang-related art; and traditional Old World styles to the popular style of today.
 
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: M. Sharpley
Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes for upperclassmen
Prerequisites & Notes
First-year students only; upper classmen by consent.


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