Superculture and Subculture in American Music
AMST 198
Spring 2010
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01
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This course looks at American music in terms of interaction between the overarching superculture and some of the many subcultures, or embedded micromusics, that both bounce off and influence the mainstream. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Interpretation, Writing
This course will require a written final paper and several response papers. We will be interpreting music in social and cultural context.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA AMST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Mark Slobin, TENEMENT SONGS, FIDDLER ON THE MOVE, AMERICAN KLEZMER.
Mirjana Lausevic, BALKAN FASCINATION
Yolanda Broyles-Gonzales, LYDIA MENDOZA
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Examinations and Assignments:
Response papers, final project. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course is a junior colloquium. |
| Instructor(s): Slobin,Mark Times: ..T.... 07:00PM-09:50PM; Location: OLIN327B; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 20 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 20 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 1 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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