The Sociology of Popular Music

Texas State University

CourseSOCI 3333

This course explores the dynamic and interactive relationships between music, culture, and society. Popular American music - from blues, gospel, ragtime, jazz, country, and swing to rock, disco, punk, alternative, and rap - will be analyzed as reflections of culture, as society’s “voice,” and as a powerful instrument of socialization and social change. (MULT).

Credits

3 credits

Course Code

SOCI 3333