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Summer 2020 Women's Studies UN2340 section 001 Women, Power, and Popular Music Women Power and Popular M | |
| Call Number | 14235 |
| Day & Time Location |
TR 1:00pm-4:10pm ONLINE CLAS |
| Points | 3 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Ellie Hisama |
| Type | SEMINAR |
| Course Description | From blues singers to girl groups, pop divas to hip-hop icons, women are central to the histories of popular music. The musical landscape of the past century would be unrecognizable without the contributions of women including Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton, Celia Cruz, Queen Latifah, Lady Gaga, Lauryn Hill, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, and Cardi B. Women, Power, & Popular Music develops modes of feminist listening to a range of music, including the blues, spirituals, jazz, gospel, traditional music, pop, rock, R&B, soul, salsa, country, hip-hop, and crossover music. The course’s primary focus will be attending to sounds, words and images with an ear to themes of voice, power, presence, and representation. Students will develop a critical vocabulary and practice a variety of modes of hearing and analyzing the meanings and effects of popular music. By examining popular music in relation to intersections of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, disability, the body, class, politics, and activism, students will examine a wide repertory of music by using a variety of analytical “sieves,” refining and enriching their musical experience as critically astute listeners and writers. The course weaves together close listening with some of the central writings on women musical artists, listening, and feminist theory through seminar-style discussion and written work. Students will develop skills in hearing popular music through critically aware ears and will reflect upon popular music and the discourse about it through close listening and viewing, discussion of assigned readings, recordings, and videos, and writing projects. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Subterm | 07/06-08/14 (Q) |
| Department | Summer Session (SUMM) |
| Enrollment | 5 students (25 max) as of 3:37PM Thursday, July 2, 2020 |
| Subject | Women's Studies |
| Number | UN2340 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Summer Session |
| Campus | Morningside |
| Section key | 20202WMST2340W001 |
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