MUS4270

World music, popular culture and song writing in Australia and Asia

M Kartomi

8 points - 3 hours per week - Clayton

Objectives Upon successful completion of the subject students should have a basic knowledge of musical, cultural and commercial issues and styles of popular music in Australia and Asia, a framework to identify, categorise and assess these popular music styles; and an understanding of how to write about the music through critical observation and analysis.

Synopsis Study of the relationships between popular music and society, culture and economic forces; and of popular musical genres in Australia and Asia, with special reference to India, Indonesia, Vietnam, China and Japan.

Assessment Written (3000 words): 40% - Examination (2 hours): 40% - Listening tests: 20%

Prescribed texts

Manuel P Popular music of the non-Western world OUP, 1988

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