Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; music listening, 1 hour; individual study, 2 hours
Catalog page 435
Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor
Description: Explores music as a window on the cultural politics of Asian America. Examines expressive 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-listing: Cross-listed with AST 124.