EMERY MARC PETCHAUER
LearninG DESIGNS

BREAKBEAT LIT 




Breakbeat Lit focuses on the aesthetic forms across the verbal, sonic, visual, and bodily expressions of hip hop cultures. Fiction, poetry, criticism, personal narrative, urban stylized lettering, and dance—well beyond rap music—will be the sites to explore these forms. The course also engages directly with hip-hop creators (DJs, emcees, dancers, etc.) and related practices—like record digging, sample chopping, and more.

Guiding questions: What is the relationship between aesthetic forms of hip-hop arts and the socio-political concerns of the hip-hop generation? What do Black and hip-hop aesthetics afford life today both on and off the page? What are the stakes associated with archiving and teaching hip-hop in university settings? Or, are graduate seminars where hip-hop goes to die?






Doctoral Seminar 
Michigan State University
2019


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