Course description

This course takes a selection of hit “songs of the summer” from the past fifty years as entry points into pivotal moments in U.S. history. Popular music not only reflects social issues; it also shapes public perception and at can fuel social change, from contexts ranging from the civil rights movement, to US imperialist projects, to the HIV/AIDs crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, movements like BlackLivesMatter and MeToo, and struggles for trans rights. (HC)

Summer 2024: Online course

Catherine M. Appert
Catherine M. Appert
Ethnomusicologist and associate professor of music, Cornell University
Section ID:FGSS 2372 001-LEC
Number:1613
Session:Summer 3-week 3
Class dates:July 15-August 2, 2024
Final exam/project due:Friday August 02, 11:59 PM (see Final exams)
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Mode of instruction:Online (async)
Credit:3
Grade:Student option
Instructor:Appert, C. (cma249)
Max. enroll:6
Related:Cross-listed with MUSIC 2372 001-LEC
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