WEEK 2 & 3 (REading Notes) COMM533

Toniesha L. Taylor

January 26, 2022

COMM 533 Theory and Process in Communication

Week 2: Reading Notes

Week 2: How to Read Theory (Secrets to Good Notes)

References

Ramsey Jr., G. P. (2002). Muzing new hoods, making new identities: Film, hip-hop culture and jazz music. Callaloo, 25(1), 309–320.

KEY WORDS

Film “The medium of film has communicated, shaped, reproduced and challenged various notions of black subjectivity in 20th century America since D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation appeared in 1915.” p. 309

Hip-hop (place definition here include in text citation)

Culture (place definition here include in text citation)

Identities (place definition here include in text citation)

QUESTIONS and CUES (or QUOTES)

p. 309 ??What is D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation 1915?

p. 309-310 “Below, I address several questions with regard to this cinematic function of music in hip-hop film. What role does musical discourse play in cinematic representation? If one of the primary thrusts of black cultural production has been the resistance to and countering of negative black stereotypes forwarded since Birth of a Nation, how does the musical score of the film participate in this agenda? How does the score, in fact, score or artistically (re)invent a black cinematic nation? The musical scores of Do the Right Thing and Love Jones provides excellent examples of the fluidity and contestation embedded in the notion “black identity,” a topic that had become such a compelling one for theoretical, political, and artistic reflection in the late 20th century.”

p. 310 Go back to noted from the book on Black dandy culture Slaves to Fashion and re-read chapter 3.

THESIS

“Before moving to the music in these films, I need to address an important

topic raised in most discussions of them: the degree to which they accurately portray

an “authentic” black cultural experience.” p. 310

Research Questions

“What role does musical discourse play in cinematic representation?” p. 309

“If one of the primary thrusts of black cultural production has been the resistance to and countering of negative black stereotypes forwarded since Birth of a Nation, how does the musical score of the film participate in this agenda?” p. 309-310

"How does the score, in fact, score or artistically (re)invent a black cinematic nation?” p. 310

MAIN POINTS

RAMSEY Main Points

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RHETORIC AND AGITATION Main Points

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SUMMARY This should be a paragraph with citations demonstrating your understanding of the article.

** This is the extra credit. This is a comparison of the two readings with citation written in paragraph form