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MUSC242
The Gendering of Music in Cross-Cultural Perspective
MUSC242 SP
Crosslistings: WMST240
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 20 | 2 | Times: M.W.... 1:10PM-2:30PM; | No | No |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999
)
This course presents a critical examination of issues
explored and debated in recent studies of gender, power,
identity, and music from diversified music traditions,
including the Western art music, popular music, and the
world musics. Drawing upon the interdisciplinary discourse
on theories of feminism and gender, as well as the new gay
and lesbian musicology, through case studies and analysis of
various musical examples, we will investigate the following
topics: women's multiple roles in the historical and
contemporary practices of music; desire, sexuality, and
women's images in music; and how gender ideology,
contextualized by sociocultural conditions, both constructs
and is constructed by musical aesthetics, performance
practice, creative processes, as well as the reception of
music.
MAJOR READINGS
Susan Cook, CECILIA RECLAIMED: FEMINIST
PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER AND MUSIC
Ruth Solie, MUSICOLOGY AND DIFFERENCE: GENDER AND SEXUALITY
IN MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP
Philip Brett, QUEERING THE PITCH: THE NEW GAY AND LESBIAN
MUSCIOLOGY
Carol Neuls-Bates, WOMEN IN MUSIC: AN ANTHOLOGY OF SOURCE
READINGS FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE PRESENT
Jane Bowers, WOMEN MAKING MUSIC: THE WESTERN ART TRADITION,
1150-1950
Susan McClary, FEMININE ENDINGS: MUSIC, GENDER, AND
SEXUALITY.
Catherine Clement, OPERA, OR THE UNDOING OF WOMEN
Ellen Koskoff, WOMEN AND MUSIC IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Judith Vander, SONGPRINTS: THE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE OF FIVE
SHOSHONE WOMEN
Sue Steward, SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED: TRUE LIFE STORIES
OF WOMEN IN POP MUSIC
Robert Walser, RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL: POWER, GENDER, AND
MADNESS IN HEAVY METAL MUSIC
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Bi-weekly short essays (3
pages) on assigned reading or listening. One final research
paper.
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: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA MUSC
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Zheng, S
- Times: M.W.... 1:10PM- 2:30PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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