PLT2040

Raging Against the Machine:The Politics of Rock and Global Identities ( 6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Pete Lentini

Offered:
Not offered in 2006.

Synopsis: This unit analyses rock music as a site of contested political and cultural space and fuses these issues with a new politics of identity. The unit interrogates how different subcultures associated around post-Cold War rock genres use music as a form of political communication to advance their political agendas and celebrate their lifestyles and histories.

Assessment: Essay (3000 words): 65% + Open-book examination (1.5 hours - equivalent to 1500 words): 35%

Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prerequisites: A first-year sequence in Politics or permission.

Prohibitions: COS 2/3840