Social Dimensions of Music
SOC 252
Spring 2012
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01
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This course will explore the ways in which music is an inherently social practice and form of expression, from its writing, performance, and recording, to its distribution, consumption, and reception. In particular, the course will focus on how genres of "popular" music organize and shape how we hear, understand, and take pleasure in the arrangement and production of music/lyrics; the boundaries between human bodies, technologies, and the environment; and the positions of artists and audiences, within relations of power and value. Genres examined will include hip-hop, folk, rock, metal, pop, house/techno and various indie subgenres. Questions asked will include How and why do genres of music value divergent aesthetic qualities, and what are the social implications of these value judgments? How is music used to establish and shape social (and antisocial) space? How might music challenge paradigms of social thought rooted in the linguistic and the visual? How do musical practices both reproduce and challenge the racing and sexing/gendering of bodies? |
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Essential Capabilities:
Interpretation, Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SOC |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: SOC151 OR SOC152 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (SOC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Course reader, including works by Simon Frith, Tricia Rose, Jacques Attali, Tara Rodgers, Kimberle Crenshaw, Ellen Willis, Thedor Adorno, and Nitsuh Abebe
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Examinations and Assignments:
Mid-semester and final papers, weekly journal |
| Instructor(s): Goldberg,Greg Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: FISK115; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 5 | FR: X |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 14 | 1st Ranked: 2 | 2nd Ranked: 3 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 9 |
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