Queering Russian Music
MUSC 121
Spring 2023
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01
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| Crosslisting:
REES 221, RUSS 221 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Writing Certificate, Queer Studies |
How have the sexuality of a Russian composer Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky and international success of a popular music duo t.A.T.u. shaped the understanding of gender, sexuality, and queerness in the Russian context? This entry-level course introduces a variety of theoretical and journalistic approaches and presents a historical overview of Russian music centered around queerness, gender, sexuality, and power. Using methodologies of queer studies and queer theory, we will examine a variety of musical genres and musicians ranging from Imperial Russia to the present-day Russian popular and film music. The topics will focus on women composers, queer genres, queer sexual and musical identity. Selected personalities examined in the course: Catherine the Great, Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky, Vaslav Nijinsky, Sofia Gubaidulina, Galina Ustvolskaya, t.A.T.u, Pussy Riot, AIGEL, Little Big, Anna Drubich, ICEPEAK |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA MUSC |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 In-person only |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Amico, Stephen, ROLL OVER, TCHAIKOVSKY: RUSSIAN POPULAR MUSIC AND POST-SOVIET HOMOSEXUALITY (University of Illinois Press, 2006)
Brett, Wood, E., & Thomas, G, QUEERING THE PITCH: THE NEW GAY AND LESBIAN MUSCIOLOGY (Routledge, 2006)
Various articles
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly short responses on assigned readings and listenings as well as midterm and final research paper (10 pages). |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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Instructor(s): STAFF
Times: ..T.R.. 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 20 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: 20 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 5 | FR: 5 |
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