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CS92PROD
The Gendering of Music in Cross-Cultural Perspective

MUSC 291
Fall 2023
Section: 01  
Crosslisting: FGSS 240
Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate, Queer Studies

This course presents a critical examination of issues explored and debated in recent studies of gender, sexuality, power, identity, and music from diversified music traditions, including Western art music, popular music, and world musics. Drawing upon interdisciplinary discourse on theories of feminism and gender, gay and lesbian musicology, as well as queer theory in ethno/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, and the reception of music.
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA MUSC
Course Format: LectureGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS-Lit&Cult)(CSCT)(FGSS)(MUSC)
Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89%

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