Thesis

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I wrote a thesis for my M.A. in Popular Culture on Detroit ghettotech, done in a cod-ethnomusicological style. I’ve made it available via the link below. Marvel at my loquacious nascent scholarship.

Gavin Mueller – “Straight Up Detroit Shit”: Genre, Authenticity, and Appropriation in Detroit Ghettotech (PDF 544 KB)

I later adapted it into an article for Stylus Magazine: “Ghettotech: A Bluffer’s Guide”