MUS 3015Global Pop

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Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020 or ENG 1021 with a D- or above General Studies: Arts and Humanities, Global Diversity Students explore musical thought and processes through an examination of the development of "world music" and "world beat" in the 20th and 21st century, including its meaning and importance to contemporary culture as well as its history and impact. Students address the complex relationships of music and mass media while addressing themes of nationalism, popular resistance and subversion, censorship, transnational identity, gender representation, and cultural hegemony in popular music.