Schedule

Humanities 206, Winter 2008
American Sabor: Latinos Shaping U.S. Popular Music

The schedule below shows lecture topics for the full class lectures, Tuesday and Thursday; dates for quizzes, exams, and assignments due; and weekly reading and listening assignments. Reading and listening should be completed by the START of the week where they are listed. Reading assignments and written exams are to be submitted on-line by noon on Monday of the week where they appear (see syllabus for more information, especially exam instructions).

Week One

1/8 Course Overview & Musical Terms
1/10 New York: overview

READING:
Flores, Juan (1985). "Que Assimilated Brother, Yo Soy Assimilao: The Structuring of Puerto Rican Identity in the U.S." Journal of Ethnic Studies 13(3).

LISTENING:

Week Two

*Reading response due by Monday at noon
1/15 New York: Mambo & Cha cha cha
1/17 New York: 1950s

READING:

Glasser, Ruth (1995). My Music is My Flag. Berkeley, L.A., London, University of California Press. Ch. 2 "From ‘Indianola' to ño Colá: The Strange Career of the Afro-Puerto Rican Musician." pp. 52-83.

Flores, Juan (2000). Ch.5 "Cha cha with a backbeat" in From Bomba to Hip Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity. NY, Columbia University Press. pp.79-113.

LISTENING:

East Coast Guided Listening: 1-4

East Coast List. Examples 1: 1-10

Week Three

*Reading response due by Monday at noon
1/22 New York: salsa
1/24 New York: hip hop

READING:

Berríos-Miranda, M. (2004). "Salsa as Expressive Liberation." Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños 16(2): 158-173.

Rivera, Raquel (2003). Part I "A Historical Narrative," New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone. NY, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.49-112

LISTENING:

Week Four

*Listening quiz
1/29 East Coast wrap up
1/31 Texas [GUEST: Juan Barco]

READING: Peña, Manuel. (1985). "From Ranchero to Jaiton: Ethnicity and Class in Texas-Mexican Music (Two Styles in the Form of Pair)" Ethnomusicology 29(1): 29-55..

Vargas, Deborah. (2002). "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom: Selena and Tejando music in the making of Tejas, " in Habell-Pallan, Michelle and Mary Romero (eds), Latino/a Popular Culture. New York: New York University Press.

LISTENING:

Week Five

*Reading response due by Monday at noon
2/5 Texas
2/7 Texas

READING:

Narvaez, Peter (1994). "The Influences of Hispanic Music Cultures On African American Blues Musicians." Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 14:2.

Olsen, Allen (2005). "San Antonio's West Side Sound." Journal of Texas Music History, Vol. 5:1.

LISTENING:

Week Six

*Midterm Listening Exam
2/12 Texas
2/14 San Francisco

READING:

Perez, Leonor Xochitl. (2002). "Transgressing the Taboo: A Chicana's Voice in the Mariachi World" in Cantú, N. E., & Nájera-Ramírez, O. Chicana traditions continuity and change. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

Simonett, Helena. (2001). "Narcocorridos: An Emerging Micromusic of Nuevo L.A., " Ethnomusicology 45(2): 315-337.

Week Seven

*Midterm written exam due by Monday at noon

(2/18-2/21)

LOS ANGELES

1930S-1940S: URBAN CORRIDOS TO PACHUCO BOOGIE

BEFORE CLASS READINGS:
2/19
"Familiar Sounds of Change: Music and the Growth of Mass Culture" (171-187) by George Sanchez in Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945). Oxford U Press, 1995.

Lyrics to "El Lavaplatos"/"The Dishwasher"

"Lalo, Chico, and the Pre-rock Era" (3-10) in Land Of A Thousand Dances: Chicano Rock 'N' Roll From Southern California
by David Reyes & Tom Waldman, 1998.

Recommended reading:
"Crimes of Fashion: The Pachuca and Chicana Style Politics," by Catherine Ramirez in Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism 2:2 (Spring 2002), 1–35.

View: Excerpts from Zoot Suit

BEFORE CLASS LISTENING:
"Pachuco Boogie" sound module; individual selections by Lalo Guerrero and Don Tosti. Listening descriptions available at courses.washington.edu/sabor. Click on "Listening Assignments."

2/21

BEFORE CLASS READINGS:

Read the following 5 excerpts from Lalo: My Life and Music by Lalo Guerrero and Sheilyn Meece Mentes University of Arizona Press (2002). (1) "Our Mexican Roots" 14-17; (2) "The Old Barrio" 23-34; (3) "Music and More Music" 41-48; (4) "World War II" 89-102; (5) "The Pachuco Years" 96-102

View: Excerpts from Lalo Guerrero: the Original Chicano (2006)

Week Eight

*Reading response due by Monday at noon

(2/25-2/28)

LOS ANGELES

1950s-1960s: RITCHIE VALENS TO EAST L.A.'S EASTSIDE SOUND and TOP 40 SABOR

2/26
BEFORE CLASS READINGS:
"The One and Only Ritchie Valens" (35-44) in Land Of A Thousand
Dances: Chicano Rock 'N' Roll From Southern California by David Reyes
& Tom Waldman, 1998.

"Dancin' in the Streets: Cannibal and the Headhunters, The Premiers,
and Lil' Ray" (69-85) in Land Of A Thousand Dances: Chicano Rock 'N'
Roll From Southern California by David Reyes & Tom Waldman, 1998.

BEFORE CLASS LISTENING:
"EASTSIDE 60s ROCK AND ROLL REVUE" sound module; selections from
Ritchie Valens; Cannibal and the Headhunters, The Sisters and more.
Listening descriptions available at courses.washington.edu/sabor.
Click on "Listening Assignments."

2/28

BEFORE CLASS READINGS:

"'The East Side Revue, 40 Hits by East Los Angeles Most Popular
Groups!' The Boys in the Bands and the Girls Who Were their Fans" by
Keta Miranda (13-29). In Beyond the Frame: Women of Color and Visual
Representation, edited by Angela Y. Davis and Neferti Tadiar. Palgrave
Macmillian, New York, 2005.

Week Nine

(3/3-3/6)

LOS ANGELES

1970s-2000s. FROM CHICANO POWER TO CHICANO PUNK

BEFORE CLASS READINGS
3/3
"Chicano Power" (103-110) in Land Of A Thousand Dances: Chicano Rock :N' Roll From Southern California by David Reyes & Tom Waldman, 1998.

"Groovin the 70s" (125-134) in Land Of A Thousand Dances: Chicano Rock
'N' Roll From Southern California by David Reyes & Tom Waldman,
1998.

"Not Just Another Band from East L.A: Rock'n'Roll Rebellion and
Mexican Tradition Combined to Change the World for Los Lobos" (1-12) by
Geoffrey Himes. No Depression, # 30 November-December 2000.

View: Excerpts from Chicanas in Tune and Beyond the Screams

BEFORE CLASS LISTENING:
"Punk to Band Rap" sound module; "Women with Attitude" sound module;
selections from El Chicano; Los Lobos, The Bags, The Brat, and others.
Listening descriptions available at courses.washington.edu/sabor.
Click on "Listening Assignments."

3/6
BEFORE CLASS READINGS:

"Soy Punquera y Que?: Sexuality, Translocality in Los Angeles and
Beyond" (147-180) in Loca Motion : the travels of Chicana and Latina popular culture. NYU Press by Habell-Pallan, Michelle (2005)

"El Vez is 'Taking Care of Business': The International Appeal of Chicano Popular Music," by Michelle Habell-Pallan. In Cultural Studies. Volumen 13, #2, 1999. pp. 195-210 (16 pages)

View: Excerpts from El Vez videos

RECOMMENDED: "Thank God for Punk" (135-144) in Land Of A Thousand Dances: Chicano Rock 'N' Roll From Southern California
by David Reyes & Tom Waldman, 1998.

"Bridge Over Trouble Borders: The Transnational Appeal of Chicano Popular Music" (181-204) in Loca motion : the travels of Chicana and Latina popular culture. NYU Press, by Habell-Pallan, Michelle (2005).

Week Ten

(3/09-3/14)

*Reading response due by Monday at noon
*EMP assignment due in quiz section
*Corrido assignment performed in section

LOS ANGELES

CHICANA/O MUSIC POST 9/11

BEFORE CLASS READING:
3/11
"The Battle of Los Angeles: The Cultural Politics of Chicana/o Music in
the Greater Eastside" (719-739) in American Quarterly 56.3 (2004) by
Victor Hugo Viesca

View: Chingo Bling and Girl in Coma video

BEFORE CLASS LISTENING:
Selections from Chingo Bling, Quetzal, Lila Downs, Akwid. Listening
descriptions available at courses.washington.edu/sabor. Click on
"Listening Assignments."

3/13 *LISTENING FINAL

Final exam

The final exam will be similar to the midterm, with the written portion on-line; the listening portion will be held on the last day of the full class, rather than in quiz section. This means that we will not have to meet during our assigned final exam period on Friday March 21. We will make the written exam available on-line no later than Friday March 14th, and it will be due no later than noon on Friday March 21. You can plan to take it any time during that week when it suits your schedule.



Home	Humanities 206, Winter 2008 American Sabor: Latinos Shaping U.S. Popular Music The schedule below shows lecture topics for the full class lectures, Tuesday and Thursday; dates for quizzes, exams, and assignments due; and weekly reading and listening assignments. Reading and listening should be completed by the START of the week where they are listed. Reading assignments and written exams are to be submitted on-line by noon on Monday of the week where they appear (see syllabus for more information, especially exam instructions). Week One 1/8 Course Overview & Musical Terms 1/10 New York: overview READING: Flores, Juan (1985). "Que Assimilated Brother, Yo Soy Assimilao: The Structuring of Puerto Rican Identity in the U.S." Journal of Ethnic Studies 13(3). LISTENING: Week Two Reading response due by Monday at noon 1/15 New York: Mambo & Cha cha cha 1/17 New York: 1950s READING: Glasser, Ruth (1995). My Music is My Flag. Berkeley, L.A., London, University of California Press. Ch. 2 "From ‘Indianola' to ño Colá: The Strange Career of the Afro-Puerto Rican Musician." pp. 52-83. Flores, Juan (2000). Ch.5 "Cha cha with a backbeat" in From Bomba to Hip Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity. NY, Columbia University Press. pp.79-113. LISTENING: East Coast Guided Listening: 1-4 East Coast List. Examples 1: 1-10 Week Three Reading response due by Monday at noon 1/22 New York: salsa 1/24 New York: hip hop READING: Berríos-Miranda, M. (2004). "Salsa as Expressive Liberation." Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños 16(2): 158-173. Rivera, Raquel (2003). Part I "A Historical Narrative," New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone. NY, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.49-112 LISTENING: Week Four Listening quiz 1/29 East Coast wrap up 1/31 Texas [GUEST: Juan Barco] READING: Peña, Manuel. (1985). "From Ranchero to Jaiton: Ethnicity and Class in Texas-Mexican Music (Two Styles in the Form of Pair)" Ethnomusicology* 29(1): 29-55.. Vargas, Deborah. (2002). "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom: Selena and Tejando music in the making of Tejas, " in Habell-Pallan, Michelle and Mary Romero (eds), Latino/a Popular Culture. New York: New York University Press. LISTENING: Week Five Reading response due by Monday at noon 2/5 Texas 2/7 Texas READING: Narvaez, Peter (1994). "The Influences of Hispanic Music Cultures On African American Blues Musicians." Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 14:2. Olsen, Allen (2005). "San Antonio's West Side Sound." Journal of Texas Music History, Vol. 5:1. LISTENING: Week Six Midterm Listening Exam 2/12 Texas 2/14 San Francisco READING: Perez, Leonor Xochitl. (2002). "Transgressing the Taboo: A Chicana's Voice in the Mariachi World" in Cantú, N. E., & Nájera-Ramírez, O. Chicana traditions continuity and change. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Simonett, Helena. (2001). "Narcocorridos: An Emerging Micromusic of Nuevo L.A., " Ethnomusicology 45(2): 315-337. Week Seven Midterm written exam due by Monday at noon (2/18-2/21) LOS ANGELES 1930S-1940S: URBAN CORRIDOS TO PACHUCO BOOGIE BEFORE CLASS READINGS: 2/19 "Familiar Sounds of Change: Music and the Growth of Mass Culture" (171-187) by George Sanchez in Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945). Oxford U Press, 1995. Lyrics to "El Lavaplatos"/"The Dishwasher" "Lalo, Chico, and the Pre-rock Era" (3-10) in Land Of A Thousand Dances: Chicano Rock 'N' Roll From Southern California by David Reyes & Tom Waldman, 1998. Recommended reading: "Crimes of Fashion: The Pachuca and Chicana Style Politics," by Catherine Ramirez in Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism 2:2 (Spring 2002), 1–35. View: Excerpts from Zoot Suit BEFORE CLASS LISTENING: "Pachuco Boogie" sound module; individual selections by Lalo Guerrero and Don Tosti. Listening descriptions available at courses.washington.edu/sabor. Click on "Listening Assignments." 2/21 BEFORE CLASS READINGS: Read the following 5 excerpts from Lalo: My Life and Music by Lalo Guerrero and Sheilyn Meece Mentes University of Arizona Press (2002). (1) "Our Mexican Roots" 14-17; (2) "The Old Barrio" 23-34; (3) "Music and More Music" 41-48; (4) "World War II" 89-102; (5) "The Pachuco Years" 96-102 View: Excerpts from Lalo Guerrero: the Original Chicano (2006) Week Eight Reading response due by Monday at noon (2/25-2/28) LOS ANGELES 1950s-1960s: RITCHIE VALENS TO EAST L.A.'S EASTSIDE SOUND and TOP 40 SABOR 2/26 BEFORE CLASS READINGS: "The One and Only Ritchie Valens" (35-44) in Land Of A Thousand Dances: Chicano Rock 'N' Roll From Southern California by David Reyes & Tom Waldman, 1998. "Dancin' in the Streets: Cannibal and the Headhunters, The Premiers, and Lil' Ray" (69-85) in Land Of A Thousand Dances: Chicano Rock 'N' Roll From Southern California by David Reyes & Tom Waldman, 1998. BEFORE CLASS LISTENING: "EASTSIDE 60s ROCK AND ROLL REVUE" sound module; selections from Ritchie Valens; Cannibal and the Headhunters, The Sisters and more. Listening descriptions available at courses.washington.edu/sabor. Click on "Listening Assignments." 2/28 BEFORE CLASS READINGS: "'The East Side Revue, 40 Hits by East Los Angeles Most Popular Groups!' The Boys in the Bands and the Girls Who Were their Fans" by Keta Miranda (13-29). In Beyond the Frame: Women of Color and Visual Representation, edited by Angela Y. Davis and Neferti Tadiar. Palgrave Macmillian, New York, 2005. Week Nine (3/3-3/6) LOS ANGELES 1970s-2000s. FROM CHICANO POWER TO CHICANO PUNK BEFORE CLASS READINGS 3/3 "Chicano Power" (103-110) in Land Of A Thousand Dances: Chicano Rock :N' Roll From Southern California by David Reyes & Tom Waldman, 1998. "Groovin the 70s" (125-134) in Land Of A Thousand Dances: Chicano Rock 'N' Roll From Southern California by David Reyes & Tom Waldman, 1998. "Not Just Another Band from East L.A: Rock'n'Roll Rebellion and Mexican Tradition Combined to Change the World for Los Lobos" (1-12) by Geoffrey Himes. No Depression, # 30 November-December 2000. View: Excerpts from Chicanas in Tune and Beyond the Screams BEFORE CLASS LISTENING: "Punk to Band Rap" sound module; "Women with Attitude" sound module; selections from El Chicano; Los Lobos, The Bags, The Brat, and others. Listening descriptions available at courses.washington.edu/sabor. Click on "Listening Assignments." 3/6 BEFORE CLASS READINGS: "Soy Punquera y Que?: Sexuality, Translocality in Los Angeles and Beyond" (147-180) in Loca Motion : the travels of Chicana and Latina popular culture. NYU Press by Habell-Pallan, Michelle (2005) "El Vez is 'Taking Care of Business': The International Appeal of Chicano Popular Music," by Michelle Habell-Pallan. In Cultural Studies. Volumen 13, #2, 1999. pp. 195-210 (16 pages) View: Excerpts from El Vez videos RECOMMENDED: "Thank God for Punk" (135-144) in Land Of A Thousand Dances: Chicano Rock 'N' Roll From Southern California by David Reyes & Tom Waldman, 1998. "Bridge Over Trouble Borders: The Transnational Appeal of Chicano Popular Music" (181-204) in Loca motion : the travels of Chicana and Latina popular culture. NYU Press, by Habell-Pallan, Michelle (2005). Week Ten (3/09-3/14) Reading response due by Monday at noon EMP assignment due in quiz section Corrido assignment performed in section LOS ANGELES CHICANA/O MUSIC POST 9/11 BEFORE CLASS READING: 3/11 "The Battle of Los Angeles: The Cultural Politics of Chicana/o Music in the Greater Eastside" (719-739) in American Quarterly 56.3 (2004) by Victor Hugo Viesca View: Chingo Bling and Girl in Coma video BEFORE CLASS LISTENING: Selections from Chingo Bling, Quetzal, Lila Downs, Akwid. Listening descriptions available at courses.washington.edu/sabor. Click on "Listening Assignments." 3/13 LISTENING FINAL Final exam The final exam will be similar to the midterm, with the written portion on-line; the listening portion will be held on the last day of the full class, rather than in quiz section. This means that we will not have to meet during our assigned final exam period on Friday March 21. We will make the written exam available on-line no later than Friday March 14th, and it will be due no later than noon on Friday March 21. You can plan to take it any time during that week when it suits your schedule.
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