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Consumerism, Commodity Fetishism

     
                 
 

Consumerism, Commodity Fetishism 1 Session


How important is consumption to hip hop culture? How is the global reach of hip hop related to commodities and exchange? How has hip hop changed as it has attracted a global audience and inspired a global marketplace?

     
                         
        Unit Assignments            
                         
        view: Hustle and Flow (2005) November 20 1-134 7pm    
                         
        rread: Hip Hop Matters Chapters 2 and 4 pp 55-84; 111-140    
                         
        rread: ""A Nation of Thieves': Consumption, Commerce, and the Black Public Sphere" by Regina Austin, in The Black Public Sphere edited by the Black Public Sphere Collective, (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1995), pp. 229 - 252