Assignment task: For this last journal, I would like you to reflect on some of the following questions:
Of what was learned, what surprised the most? What did you enjoy engaging with? What were some readings that taught something new?
On the other hand, what information did you disagree with in the articles? Were there some conflicting or contradictory arguments that were encountered in the readings? What is the basis for your disagreement?
In writing or speaking your reflection, please engage with and cite these three articles in addition to Perea's "Sounding Unexpectedness."
Reading:
1) Robert Jensen, "Whiteness."
2) Jack Hamilton, "The White Atlantic: Cultural Origins of the British Invasion."
3) Marta Robertson, "Ballad for Incarcerated Americans: Second Generation Japanese American Musicking in World War II Camps."
4) Selections from Intertribal Native American Music in the United States., "Sounding Unexpectedness."