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CMM3125 | Popular Music and Culture | ||
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ARTS | |||
Credit Points: 15 | |||
Description: | |||
This unit introduces students to a number of approaches and attitudes to Popular Music from a Cultural Studies perspective. The starting point is the high-culture critique of mass culture (and Popular Music) originating in the Frankfurt School. From there culturalist perspectives (including sub-cultural analysis) and the cultural capital of Popular Music will be addressed. Other areas of investigation will be: Subjectivity and Identity; the semiotics of the texts; Gender and Sexuality; Performance and Authenticity; and World Music. Full Unit Outline | |||
This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets | |||
MAAADK | Media and Cultural Studies Major | ||
MIAADX | Media and Cultural Studies Minor | ||
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | |||
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 3/31/2010 VET: 3/31/2010