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. Both the books on the reading list and the compendium will be available in the university bookstore (Akademika).
Books
- Dettmar, Kevin, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan (2009)
- George, Nelson. hip hop America. (2005)
- Oliver, Paul. Blues Fell This Morning: Meaning in the Blues. (1990)
- Joyner, David Lee. American Popular Music (2009)
- 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)