This unit examines critical issues surrounding the study of music and identity. It focuses on the ways in which notions of identity are constructed and negotiated through music—What is the role of music in producing ethnic, regional, national and even transnational identities? How does music contribute to our identities as sexual and gendered beings? What can we learn about the politics of performance in the context of ethnic minorities and diasporas? How is music used as a focus for discursive evocations of place? These and other questions are explored through a series of case studies, to include readings, recorded musical examples and films. Specific case studies may include such topics... -- Course Website
Instructor: Assistant Professor Jonathan McIntosh
Prerequisites: any Level 2 Music unit
