TOPIC: THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE HIP HOP CULTURE AND FASHION
- 5 page double spaced final paper using either APA or ASA writing style
- The final project will demonstrate students’ global engagement.
- Students will choose 1or all components of culture as it relates to hip-hop based on their own interests. (Symbols, Language, Norms, Values, Beliefs)
- A list of some potential subjects might include:
- the portrayal of women in the culture
- The Origins
- Race
- Identity
- Sexuality
- Art
- the role of Hip-Hop in politics
- Hip-Hop and war on drugs;
- Hip-hop from a global perspective.
- Cognitive Elements
- Vision
- The final paper will require an introduction, historical contextualization, five samples, a tie into class readings, additional research, a personal reflection on the chosen topic(s), and an annotated bibliography.
- The examples above are not everything you can write about, but it is designed to give you vision.
- Make sure that you spend some time in your paper tying in the components of culture to defend your argument.