ANTHRO 202

Music and Identity in World Music Cultures


Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 for ANTHRO 202.

Description

Examines music’s role in the construction and reinforcement of identity. Considers a range of culturally constructed concepts including class, gender and ethnicity; also considers the impact of mass mediated sound and unique nature of music in the cultural diaspora. Examples and case studies range from the ritual musics of Africa and the classical music of South Asia to East Asian pop.
 

Availability 2016

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s)  Sunhee Koo
Lecturer(s) Professor Greg Booth

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Assessment


Points

ANTHRO 202: 15 points

Prerequisites

ANTHRO 103 or 106 and 15 points from ANTHRO 100, 101, 102, 104 or 60 points passed