ETHN 204 - Music and Gender

Next Offered: Spring Semester
Semester Offered: Second Semester
FC
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: CNDP/DDHU

We will use case studies in historical and contemporary contexts from around the world to explore the ways gendered and sexualized identities are encoded within musical practices, repertoires, and performance contexts. Conversely, we will explore how these musical practices gender social realities. The approach is an interdisciplinary one drawing on feminist ethnomusicology, musicology, and anthropology along with gender studies. The topics are broad, ranging from a genre of the West Sumatra highlands to Western art music and American feminist punk. The course gives critical tools to explore the gendering of our own musical worlds through an oral history or ethnographic project.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: J. Fraser
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Cross List Information Possible Cross-Listed with GSFS credit.