Sociology of popular music
R Wolfgramm
8 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Peninsula * Prerequisites: First-year SCY sequence or equivalent
Historical and critical analysis of the production, communication, consumption and social contexts and implications of youth music of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s; popular music forms and icons; popular music as commodity and art; popular music technology, performances, audiences, and mass media central to youth `revolutions' of these eras; the `rock is dead' thesis and the ongoing impact of the last four decades of youth on music of the 1990s.
Assessment
Essay (2000 words): 30% * Project (2000 words): 30% * Tutorial paper and presentation (1000 words): 20% * Test (1 hour): 20%
Prescribed texts
Chambers I Urban rhythms Macmillan, 1985