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FA 2011 American Culture AMCULT 103 - First Year Seminar in American Studies Section 001 Critical Genealogies of American Musics
Course Note:	This course is designed to introduce students to a wide variety of topics and issues in American Studies in a seminar format from a Humanities perspective. It enables students to have contact with regular faculty in a small-class experience and to elicit their active participation in the topics under discussion.
Credits:	3
Requirements & Distribution:	HU
Other:	FYSem
Waitlist Capacity:	unlimited
Advisory Prerequisites:	Enrollment restricted to first-year students, including those with sophomore standing.
Repeatability:	May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:	Stillman,Amy K
	(real time availability for all sections)

Throughout the 20th century, both scholarship and commerce have shaped "American music" and "American musical life" in racially binary terms — namely, white and Black. This seminar will examine music production, marketing, consumption, and journalism in the United States, through the lens of a racial politics of culture. How can we account for both inclusions and exclusions within constructions of "American music" and "American musical life"? Course Requirements: Course requirements include active participation in class discussion, brief weekly writing tasks, a major term research project, and a final synthetic essay exam. Intended Audience: Enrollment restricted to first-year students Class Format: This seminar combines readings from multiple disciplines, listening assignments, and viewing of documentary films.

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