Section Writing Assignment:
From the Syllabus:
The section paper will be a one page, double-spaced response to one of the required readings listedbelow. It will ask you to summarize the author's key ideas and some kind of personal response to those key ideas. The paper must do two things:
1) What is the argument of this article? Here, you must answer the question "what is the author's thesis?" Demonstrate that you have read the article closely.
2) What is your reaction to this thesis? Is it founded, unfounded, offensive, inaccurate? Offer some kind of personal response.
Length: 500-700 words.
For this paper, you pick one of the following readings:
1. Rose, Tricia. Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America University Press of New England, 1994 Chap 3 "Soul Sonic Forces"
2. Perry, Imani Prophets Of The Hood: Politics And Poetics In Hip Hop Durham: Duke University Press, 2004. Chapter 3 "Stinging Like Tabasco: Structure and Format in Hip Hop Compositions" p58-101
3. Wald, Elijah The Dozens: A History of Rap's Mama New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Chapter 12 "Rapping, Snapping and Battling" p. 183-200, 221-5.