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POLS 210 - Music and Politics

2.00 credit hours
This course encourages students to explore the interaction between music and the political world. Students examine issues of race, class, sexual orientation, gender, censorship, violence and power, focusing primarily on Western music genres such as hip-hop, rock, punk, folk and country. Students also explore refined music (specifically opera) and electronic dance music in an international context. Students have the opportunity to interact with this material to increase appreciation for the myriad ways that music and politics are mutually interdependent.


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