UNHL 3830 - Jazz in American Culture

This class will explore the influence of jazz music (and related forms like ragtime and the blues) on American culture more generally. Specific topics to be explored include the Post-Reconstruction Race Politics, the Delta and the Great Migration, New Orleans, and the Harlem renaissance. Important figures of African-American literature, and Jazz & the Blues music will also be presented. Students will examine a multitude of literary and musical experiences through novels, short works, biographies, and listening. Prereq: UNHL 1100. Max hours: 3 Credits. Semester Hours: 3 to 3