![African/Caribbean Based Social and Vernacular Dance Forms 6](https://musicrising.tulane.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/383/2018/05/Congo_Square-310x150.jpg)
African/Caribbean Based Social and Vernacular Dance Forms
This course explores through lecture, interactive class discussions, movement sessions,…
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Autobiographies and Southern Identity
In 1941, W. J. Cash wrote, “If it can be…
![King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band](https://musicrising.tulane.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/383/2018/08/the-creation-of-jazz-in-new-orleans-37-310x150.jpg)
Black Music & Performance in New Orleans
This course provides an historically situated introduction to African American…
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Building Community through the Arts
With New Orleans as the primary source, this course explores…
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Ethnography of Performance and Identity In New Orleans and French Louisiana
This course focuses on symbolic meaning in the vernacular expressive…
![Cajun French: French and Creole In Louisiana](https://musicrising.tulane.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/383/2018/08/french-and-creole-in-louisiana-6-310x150.jpg)
French and Creole In Louisiana
What is “Cajun” French? What is Louisiana Creole? Where do…
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Gender, Archives, and Musical Culture
The Gulf South is a region rich in records and…
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History of Jazz
This course is a survey history of jazz from its…
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Hollywood South
In 2011, Hollywood surpassed $1 billion in allocated budgets for…
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Jazz, Blues, and Literature
As forms of artistic expression, jazz, blues and literature challenge…
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Languages of Louisiana
This course examines the current and historically diverse linguistic situation…
![Fisk Lower Mississippi: Literary New Orleans](https://musicrising.tulane.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/383/2018/08/literary-new-orleans-2-310x150.jpg)
Literary New Orleans
We will explore the extraordinary ways New Orleans has figured…
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New Orleans and Senegal in the Atlantic World
This course explores the connected and comparative histories and cultures…
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New Orleans Hip Hop
New Orleans hiphop is a complex musical tradition encompassing a…
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New Orleans Music
New Orleans is an American city with a unique history…
![Buddy Bolden's Band](https://musicrising.tulane.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/383/2018/08/the-creation-of-jazz-in-new-orleans-9-310x150.jpg)
The Creation of Jazz in New Orleans
In consulting virtually any survey text on jazz history, one…
![The Latin Tinge: Jazz and Latin American Music in New Orleans and Beyond 1: Jack Laine's Reliance Band](https://musicrising.tulane.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/383/2018/08/the-latin-tinge-jazz-and-latin-american-music-in-new-orleans-and-beyond-6-310x150.jpg)
The Latin Tinge: Jazz and Latin American Music in New Orleans and Beyond
This course explores the relationship of African-American popular music and…
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Urban Geography: New Orleans Case Study
This three-credit class, taught by geographer and Senior Professor of…