Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; music listening, 1 hour; individual study, 2 hours
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Prerequisites: upper-division standing or con- sent of instructor
Description: Explores music as a window on the cultural politics of Asian America. Examines expres- sive culture as a constitutive site for ethnic identities and emergent political formations. Covers musics of Asian immigrants and of subsequent generations, including Asian American jazz and hip-hop. Cross-list- ed with AST 124.