Courses

Survey of musical cultures of Asia; examination of the elaborate melodic and rhythmic system, raga and tala of India, the classical "orchestral" gamelan music of Indonesia, the symbolic and philosophical implications of music in China, the classical chamber and theatre music of Japan.

Survey of principal genres of black and black-derived tribal, folk, popular, and art music in African and Afro-American traditions. Emphasis on musical aesthetics, forms, instruments, the function of music in its cultural context

Exploration of the history and significance of musical performance in the African Diaspora. Tracing intersecting and multi-directional movements of people, music, and culture across the oceanic divide between Africa, Europe, and the Americas?the ?Atlantic Triangle?? the course will examine the significant role that music has played in the construction of social identities and movements, from the era of the transatlantic slave trade to the present day.

To be cross-listed with AFST 299, Music of the African Diaspora. Exploration of the history and significance of musical performance in the African Diaspora. Tracing intersecting and multi-directional movements of people, music, and culture across the oceanic divide between Africa, Europe, and the Americas?the ?Atlantic Triangle??

MUS TECH 1945 - PRESENT

Major heroic epics, with some attention to questions of genre. The texts in this course may vary each semester. Students may take the course twice for credit if the works studied are different.

Major heroic epics, with some attention to questions of genre. The texts in this course may vary each semester. Students may take the course twice for credit if the works studied are different.

This course will focus on one or more components of U. S. national mythology, such as the United States as the land of opportunity and success, the United States as the nation of nations, the United States as a new land free of history, and the United States as a light to all nations. The course will consider the origin and development of such myths, their deployment in a number of different areas of U. S. culture and social life, and their truth or falsity.

Examines the role media play in shaping concepts and experiences of nation, nationalism, and national identity.

A study of the literatures and expressive cultures of Native American and Indigenous communities, which may include such topics as intellectual and cultural sovereignty, responses to settler colonialism, cultural appropriation, rhetorical practices of self-representation, and narrative and storytelling methods. (LIT)