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21M.S53

Special Subject in Music

Units arranged · Undergraduate

Study of musical topics not covered in the regular subject listings, particularly experimental subjects offered by permanent or visiting faculty.

Spring 2014 · Chinese Popular Musics in Dialogue

Topics

  • The Bright Lights of Shanghai
  • Decadent Sounds
  • Li Jinhui, the Stars of Shidaiqu , and Perils of Performance
  • The Sounds of Revolution
  • Political Reform, Gangtai in the PRC, and the Rise of Tongsu
  • Nothing To My Name: Forays Into Yaogun
  • Musicians Respond to the Tiananmen Protests
  • Rocking On the Brink of the New Millennium
  • Interlude: Centers and Peripheries
  • Sounding the Beautiful Island, Overview and Historical Foundations
  • Popular Music and Cultural Politics in Taiwan
  • The Mandopop Mainstream
  • The Indie Underground
  • Singing the Fragrant Harbor
  • Gendering Cantopop
  • Sounds like Hong Kong? Language and Identity in Cantopop, Part 1
  • Sounds like Hong Kong? Language and Identity in Cantopop, Part 2
  • Hip-hop, Around the World and Back Again 1
  • Hip-hop, Around the World and Back Again 2
  • Transnational Pop Superstars: Jay Chou and Wang Leehom
  • Karaoke Heroes in “Chinese” America, Part 1
  • Karaoke Heroes in “Chinese” America, Part 2
  • Course wrap-up
  • Final Presentations

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: Permission of instructor U (Fall, Spring; second half of term) Not offered regularly; consult department Units arranged Can be repeated for credit.

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