AFRO 199

Fall 2009

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
10123
Independent Study
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/24/09-12/09/09
Special Approval:
Instructor Approval Required
Section Info:
For Indepdent Study registration in this course, students should contact the Department Office.
51829
Lecture-Discussion
100
6:00PM -7:50PM
T
Chemistry Annex
Bates, N
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/24/09-12/09/09
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
100 Strong: Acad, Ldrshp & Com
44279
Conference
DIS
1:00PM -2:20PM
TR
Music Building
Solis, G
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/24/09-12/09/09
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Amer Poplr Music: Race & Recor
Section Info:
Title: American Popular Music: Race and the Recording Industry, 1900-1945 3.0 credit hours Meets with MUS 199, CRN: 38647 We live in a world of racially- and gender-coded music: Country, Hard Rock, Soul, Funk and Hip Hop, Bluegrass and Blues, Folk and Jazz. Popular music is attached to images (often stereotyped images) of men and women, young and old, black, white and latino/a in a process that both serves and helps create the identities of musicians and fans and the needs of the culture industry. This musical racialization and gendering is extensive enough and powerful enough to efface its own history, but, indeed, emerged out of a particular historical context and has changed over time. Drawing on a wealth of recent scholarship dealing with the first few decades of the music recording industry in America, 1900-1945, this course will look at the ways music played a fundamental role in shaping changing ideas about race and gender in the 20th century. We will also consider how connections between music, race and gender were important in emerging understandings of the American nation in the period up to the end of World War II. Students will be asked to read current scholarly books and articles, listen to historical popular music recordings, complete a number of writing assignments and participate extensively in integrative class discussions. Though the course will require careful listening and critical consideration of music, no prior musical study is necessary. First Year Discovery Program Course. Registration restricted to freshmen. Students should enroll in only one Discovery course.
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