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RATCATCHER – READINGS

ESSENTIALS

READINGS

RC READINGS UNIT 1

Some words from Alyx Vance

(Half-Life 2, Episode Two)

"Prepare for unforeseen consequences."

Unit I: Deaths of Music Icons and Cultural History

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"Stake my future on a hell of a past..."

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WISE WORDS

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: by reflection, which is noblest; by imitation, which is easiest; and by experience, which is bitterest."

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--Confucius

READINGS

CURRENT WORK

PAST

SIMULATIONS

Required

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Gallien, L. B. (2002). Keeping it real: Hip-hop culture and the framing of values for contemporary African-American students. Journal of College and Character, 3 (8).

 

Meloy, J. R., & Amman, M. (2016). Public figure attacks in the United States, 1995-2015. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 34 (5), 622-644.

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Reddick, B. H., & Beresin, E. V. (2002). Rebellious rhapsody: Metal, rap, community, and individuation. Academic Psychiatry, 26 (1), 51-59.

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Weinstein, D. (1995). Rock music: Secularisation and its cancellation. International Sociology, 10 (2), 185-195.

 

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Suggested

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Unit II: The Targets I [Johnny Ace, Selena]

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"Let the echo decide if I was right or wrong..."

 

Required

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Gaspar de Alba, A. (2003). The Chicana/Latina dyad, or identity and perception. Latino Studies, 1, 106-114.

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Limon, J. E. (1997). Selena: Sexuality, greater Mexico, and the song and dance with hegemony. Etnofoor, 10 (1/2), 90-111.

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Salem, J M. (1993). Death and the rhythm-and-bluesman: The life and recordings of Johnny Ace. American Music, 11 (3), 316-367.

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Suggested

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Stavans, I. (1996). Santa Selena. Transition, 70, 36-43.

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Paredez, D. (2002). Remembering Selena, re-membering "Latinidad." Theater Journal, 54 (1), 63-84.

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Unit III: The Targets II [Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls]

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"Since every pleasure's got an edge of pain,

Pay for your ticket and don't complain..."

 

Required

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Collins, M. S. (2006). Biggie envy and the gangsta sublime. Callaloo, 29 (3), 911-938.

 

Morrison, C. D., & Dangerfield, C. L. (2007). Tupac Shakur. In M. Hess (Ed.), Icons of hip-hop: An encyclopedia of the movement, music, and culture (p. 391-415). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

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Peterson, J. (2007). Notorious B.I.G. In M. Hess (Ed.), Icons of hip-hop: An encyclopedia of the movement, music, and culture (p. 417-438). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

 

 

Suggested

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Nisker, J. (2007). "Only God can judge me": Tupac Shakur, the legal system, and lyrical subversion. Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 14 (1), 176-196.

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RC READINGS, UNIT 2
RC READINGS, UNIT 3

Wells-Wilbon, R., Jackson, N. D., & Schiele, J. H. (2010). Lessons from the Maafa: Rethinking the legacy of slain hip-hop icon Tupac Amaru Shakur. Journal of Black Studies, 40 (4), 509-526.

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