Special Topics: Rock & Roll & Movies
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Course Long Title
Special Topics: Rock & Roll & Movies
Subject Code
FAIC
Course Number
652
School(s)
Academic Level
GR - Graduate
Description
Rock & Roll & Movies is a history of Popular Music from 1955 to the present, as seen through
its representation in cinema. We will see key works in the history of Rock & Roll movies and read a number of the important critical texts on the music.
Issues covered will include the role of race and class in popular music, the paradox of 'radical' culture distributed through corporate capital, amateurism, 'authenticity' as a cultural value, and the interplay of history and pop culture. Adding the class late is highly discouraged - the course builds from the first lecture and work begins immediately, so it is very difficult to move forward if you miss the early classes.
its representation in cinema. We will see key works in the history of Rock & Roll movies and read a number of the important critical texts on the music.
Issues covered will include the role of race and class in popular music, the paradox of 'radical' culture distributed through corporate capital, amateurism, 'authenticity' as a cultural value, and the interplay of history and pop culture. Adding the class late is highly discouraged - the course builds from the first lecture and work begins immediately, so it is very difficult to move forward if you miss the early classes.