The required reading for NORAM 4503 will consist of selected chapters from the books listed below, plus a compendium containing a further selection of articles and chapters. The books on the reading list (in relatively cheap paperback editions) will be available in the university bookstore (Akademika) and the compendium may also be bought in Akademika.
Books
- Frith, Simon & Andrew Goodwin, eds. On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word. (2000)
- George, Nelson. hip hop America. (1998)
- Malone, Bill C. Country Music, U.S.A. (2002)
- Oliver, Paul. Blues Fell This Morning: Meaning in the Blues. (1990)
- Shuker, Roy. Understanding Popular Music. (1994)
- Townsend, Peter. Jazz in American Culture. (2000)
Articles in Compendium (available at Kopiutsalget, Akadamika at the beginning of term):
- Gioia, Ted. The History of Jazz. (1997), Kap. 4: "Harlem" (93-133)
- Guralnik, Peter. Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians. (1979) From part II: "Elvis Presley and the American Dream" (118-144)
- Kitwana, Bakari. The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-American Culture. (2002), Kap. 1: "The New Black Youth Culture" (3-24) og Kap. 7: "The Politics of the Hip Hop Generation" (175-94)
- O'Brien, Lucy. She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul. Kap. 7: "Lipstick Traces: Madonna, Manipulation and MTV" (203-240) og Kap. 12: "Talkin' Tough: Women and Protest Pop" (365-390)
- O'Meally, Robert, red. The Jazz Cadence of American Culture. Kap. 24: Lawrence Levine, "Jazz and American Culture" (431-447), Kap. 25: Ralph Ellison, "The Golden Age" (448-456), Kap. 27: Hazel V. Carby, "The Sexual Politics of Women's Blues" (469-482), og Kap. 30: Sterling A. Brown, "The Blues as Folk Poetry" (540-551)