BlaQueer Sounds: Queer Negotiations in African American Music
AFAM 273
Spring 2021
| Section:
01
|
| Crosslisting:
MUSC 273, THEA 273 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Queer Studies |
The term "BlaQueer," first coined by Tabais Wilson, is an invention of the intersectionality era; an acknowledgment of the unique and multifaceted experiences/identities formed at the nexus of racial, gendered, and sexual marginalization. In creating the portmanteau BlaQueer, Wilson underscores that, for people who are both Black and queer, these identities are inseparable, immutable, and irreducible. While the term BlaQueer, and by extension the concept it represents, is fairly new, there are long histories of Black queer people navigating and negotiating identity, revolutionizing and contributing to discourses on race, class, and gender. This course offers an exploration of the BlaQueer expressions, movements, and (most importantly) people that transformed American culture through music. While this course follows a historical arc, the primary aim of this course is to engage BlaQueer musical lineages through a critical interdisciplinary academic lens; accordingly, this course incorporates gender/women's studies, African American studies, performance studies, queer studies, and musicology. |
|
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
|
Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (MUSC) |
|
Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Johnson. E. Patrick, Appropriating Blackness: Performance and Politics of Authenticity. Durham: Duke University Press 2003.
Royster, Francesca T. Sounding Like a No-No: Queer Sounds and Eccentric Acts in the Post- Soul Era. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2012.
|
Examinations and Assignments:
Presentations (10%)
BlaQueer Mixtape Project (25%)
Final Project Proposal (5%)
Final Written Assignment (30%)
|
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
|
| Instructor(s): Holt,Kevin Times: ..T.R.. 01:00PM-02:20PM; Location: FISK209/10; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 4 | FR: 0 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 0 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 0 |
|
|