MUSI V2014x - Popular Music of the Americas:Country

Institution:

Barnard College

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Description:

A survey of the social, musical, and commercial history of "country and western" music and its antecedent and related genres in the U.S. and as a global style, focusing on the history of recording technology, popular imaginings of rusticity, race, class, and gender in country music, and the lived experience of country music's listeners and creators in various eras and locales. Class projects will include the production of a series of radio shows (by groups of students) for the actual broadcast.General Education Requirement: The Visual and Performing Arts (ART). - A. Fox Prerequisites: W1123 or the equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.barnard.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 854-5262

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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