ANTHRO 234
Popular Musics of the Pacific
Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for ANTHRO 234.
Description
From hip hop to reggae to pop, this course explores Pacific popular music genre, artists and songs as well as relevant musical techniques, modes of distribution and processes of fusion and change. It probes the positions and possibilities of Pasifika pop musics by discussing critical questions about culture, authenticity, modernisation, consumerism, identity and musical (ex)change.
Availability 2017
Semester 2
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Kirsten Zemke
Reading/Texts
Recommended Reading
Points
ANTHRO 234: 15 points
Prerequisites
30 points passed