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MUSC330
Popular Music of the World
MUSC330 SP
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Next Offered in 9899 SP
This course concentrates on 20th-century popular musics of
underdeveloped and developing nations. Using a number of
selected case studies (Argentine tango, Nigerina juju, South
African kwela, Indian Film music, etc.) we will discuss
issues raised by popular music such as the relationship of
music to cultural identity, nationalism, political struggle,
modernism, urbanism, Westernism and the recording and
broadcast industries. Theories of popular culture will be
critically examined in relation to popular and commercial
musics.
MAJOR READINGS
Billy Bergman, GOODTIME KINGS, New York:
Quill, 1985
John Fiske, UNDERSTANDING POPULAR CULTURE, Boston: Unwin
Hyman, 1989
Dick Hebdige, SUBCULTURE: THE MEANING OF STYLE, London:
Methuen, 1979
Peter Manuel, POPULAR MUSIC OF THE NON-WESTERN WORLD, New
York: Oxford University Press, 1988
Jeremy Marre and Hannah Charlton, BEATS OF THE HEART:
POPULAR MUSIC OF THE WORLD, New York: Pantheon Books. (This
will be used in conjunction with a video series of the same
name)
Manuel Pefia, THE TEXAS-MEXICAN CONJUNTO: HISTORY OF A
WORKING-CLASS MUSIC, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1985
Christopher A. Waterman, JUJU: A SOCIAL HISTORY AND
ETHNOGRAPHY OF AN AFRICAN POPULAR MUSIC, Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 1990
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
There will be two exams, one
term paper and a concert review.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA MUSC
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
About the Photo:
Reference:
Collins, John. WEST AFRICAN POP ROOTS. Philadelphia:
Temple University Press, 1992
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