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 106-283 From Rock To Rap: Cultural Formations

Note

Available as 106-383 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Semester

1

Contact

One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject provides an overview of cultural studies approaches to contemporary popular music. Students will be introduced to the interdisciplinary traditions of scholarship that have emerged in the study of popular music's relationship to its sociocultural contexts. The subject will also provide students with the analytical skills and methodological confidence to undertake small-scale studies of contemporary musical practices and their relationships to wider cultural formations. Topics will include youth subcultures; postmodern sensibilities in rock; Australian musical production; the music industry; contemporary Aboriginal music; world music; and music-video.

Assessment

Written work of not more than 5000 words.

Prescribed Texts

Course reader available from the department.



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