MUSI352

(Formerly MUSI-462) This course examines some of the many ways that music relates to personal and social life as a powerful part of the search for, construction of, and performance of identity. The course will examine music’s relationships with identities with respect to various topics: childhood and adolescence; family and communities; gender, social class, and ethnicity; regional and national identities; and other topics. The course uses case studies representing a wide range of music, and examines music and identity in local, national, international, and intercultural contexts. Students will use different methods of inquiry and analysis, including ethnographic observation, critical analysis, interpretation, response. Writing will be integrated into the life of this course.