160057 VO Introduction to Music, Gender, and Sexuality (2024S)
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Language: English
Examination dates
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Wednesday
26.06.2024
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal B UniCampus Hof 2 2C-EG-02
Thursday
26.09.2024
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
Wednesday
27.11.2024
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
Wednesday
15.01.2025
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal 1 Musikwissenschaft UniCampus Hof 9, 3G-EG-09
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
The course will commence on 10th April. Any sessions cancelled before the Easter holidays will be rescheduled in blocks.
Wednesday
10.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal B UniCampus Hof 2 2C-EG-02
Wednesday
17.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal B UniCampus Hof 2 2C-EG-02
Wednesday
24.04.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal B UniCampus Hof 2 2C-EG-02
Wednesday
08.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal B UniCampus Hof 2 2C-EG-02
Wednesday
15.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal B UniCampus Hof 2 2C-EG-02
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Wednesday
22.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal B UniCampus Hof 2 2C-EG-02
Wednesday
29.05.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal B UniCampus Hof 2 2C-EG-02
Wednesday
05.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal B UniCampus Hof 2 2C-EG-02
Wednesday
12.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal B UniCampus Hof 2 2C-EG-02
Wednesday
19.06.
11:30 - 13:00
Hörsaal B UniCampus Hof 2 2C-EG-02
Saturday
22.06.
13:15 - 16:30
Hörsaal B UniCampus Hof 2 2C-EG-02
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This course will introduce and examine the ways in which musics and musical discourses are implicated in the constructions of genders and sexualities and, additionally, the connections between such constructions and specifically affective, embodied forms of expressive culture. We will examine these issues through theoretical (sometimes ethnographically or sociologically based) texts, as well as audio/visual materials. Although much of the focus will be on mass-mediated “popular” musics of approximately the last century, coming from the industrialized West, we will also engage musics from other historical and geographical locations. The course will consist primarily of lectures, but with some space for discussion.
Assessment and permitted materials
Students will be assessed on their ability to critically and productively engage with the concepts and analyses explored via the course readings and lectures, as well as their ability to clearly and convincingly articulate this knowledge in written form. A final written exam comprising several essay questions will be used as the basis for assessment.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
A final written exam comprising several essay questions will be used as the basis for assessment. Students must achieve a minimum of 50% in order to receive a passing grade.
Examination topics
Students are responsible for materials from all assigned readings and from the lectures.
Reading list
Students will have required readings (25-40pp) to be completed before each class meeting. A representative (but not complete) reading list includes the following texts:Amico, Stephen. 2009. “Visible Difference, Audible Difference: Female Singers and Gay Male Fans in Russian Popular Music.” Popular Music and Society 32(3): 351-370.
Baitz, Dana. “Toward a Trans* Method in Musicology.” The Oxford Handbook of Music and Queerness (ed. Fred Everett Maus et al.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. 366-381.
Bloechel, Olivia and Melanie Lowe. 2015. “Introduction.” Rethinking Difference in Music Scholarship (ed. Olivia Bloechel, Melanie Lowe, and Jeffrey Kallberg). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Brett, Philip, Elizabeth Wood, and Nadine Hubbs. n.d. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Music.” Grove Music Online/Oxford Music Online.
Collins, Patricia Hill. 2004. “Booty Call: Sex, Violence, and Images of Black Masculinity.” Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism. New York: Routledge.
Cusick, Suzanne G. 1994. “On a Lesbian Relationship with Music: A Serious Effort Not to Think Straight.” Queering the Pitch: The New Gay and Lesbian Musicology. New York: Routledge.
Edwards, Jason. 2009. “Homosocialities.” Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. (New York: Routledge). 32-45.
Farrugia, Rebekah. 2012. “Producing Producers: Exploring Women’s Place in the Production of Electronic Dance Music.” Beyond the Dance Floor: Female DJs, Technology, and Electronic Dance Music Culture. Bristol: Intellect.
Hayes, Eileen. 2010. “‘Ideal Relationships’: Women’s Music Audiences.” Songs in Black and Lavender: Race, Sexual Politics, and Women’s Music. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Jen, Clare. 2017. “Feminist Hactivisms: Countering Technophilia and Fictional Promises.” Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Approaches (ed. L. Ayu Saraswati et al.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. 474-479.
Leibetseder, Doris (trans. Rebecca Carbery). 2012. “Trans* - Border Wars?” Queer Tracks: Subversive Strategies in Rock and Pop Music. Franham: Ashgate.
Lloyd, Moya. 2010. “Judith Butler.” From Agamben to Žižek: Contemporary Critical Theorists (ed. John Simons). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
McAlister, Joan Faber. 2010. “Donna J. Haraway.” From Agamben to Žižek: Contemporary Critical Theorists (ed. Jon Simons). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Peraino, Judith. 2015. “Synthesizing Difference: The Queer Circuits of Early Synthpop.” Rethinking Difference in Music Scholarship (ed. Olivia Bloechel, Melanie Lowe, and Jeffrey Kallberg). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Provenzano, Catherine. 2019. “Making Voices: The Gendering of Pitch Correction and the Auto-Tune Effect in Contemporary Pop Music.” Journal of Popular Music Studies 31(2): 63-84.
Railton, Diane and Paul Watson. 2011. “Masculinity and the Absent Presence of the Male Body.” Music Video and the Politics of Representation. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Smalls, Shanté Paradigm. 2022. “Queer Hip Hop, Queer Dissonance.” Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City. New York: New York University Press. 123-150.
Taylor, Jodie. 2012. “Identities, Theories, and Politics.” Playing It Queer: Popular Music, Identity, and Queer World-Making. Bern: Peter Lang.
Wilbourne, Emily. 2018. “The Queer History of the Castrato.” The Oxford Handbook of Music and Queerness (ed. Fred Everett Maus et al.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. 441-454.
Baitz, Dana. “Toward a Trans* Method in Musicology.” The Oxford Handbook of Music and Queerness (ed. Fred Everett Maus et al.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. 366-381.
Bloechel, Olivia and Melanie Lowe. 2015. “Introduction.” Rethinking Difference in Music Scholarship (ed. Olivia Bloechel, Melanie Lowe, and Jeffrey Kallberg). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Brett, Philip, Elizabeth Wood, and Nadine Hubbs. n.d. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Music.” Grove Music Online/Oxford Music Online.
Collins, Patricia Hill. 2004. “Booty Call: Sex, Violence, and Images of Black Masculinity.” Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism. New York: Routledge.
Cusick, Suzanne G. 1994. “On a Lesbian Relationship with Music: A Serious Effort Not to Think Straight.” Queering the Pitch: The New Gay and Lesbian Musicology. New York: Routledge.
Edwards, Jason. 2009. “Homosocialities.” Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. (New York: Routledge). 32-45.
Farrugia, Rebekah. 2012. “Producing Producers: Exploring Women’s Place in the Production of Electronic Dance Music.” Beyond the Dance Floor: Female DJs, Technology, and Electronic Dance Music Culture. Bristol: Intellect.
Hayes, Eileen. 2010. “‘Ideal Relationships’: Women’s Music Audiences.” Songs in Black and Lavender: Race, Sexual Politics, and Women’s Music. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Jen, Clare. 2017. “Feminist Hactivisms: Countering Technophilia and Fictional Promises.” Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Approaches (ed. L. Ayu Saraswati et al.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. 474-479.
Leibetseder, Doris (trans. Rebecca Carbery). 2012. “Trans* - Border Wars?” Queer Tracks: Subversive Strategies in Rock and Pop Music. Franham: Ashgate.
Lloyd, Moya. 2010. “Judith Butler.” From Agamben to Žižek: Contemporary Critical Theorists (ed. John Simons). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
McAlister, Joan Faber. 2010. “Donna J. Haraway.” From Agamben to Žižek: Contemporary Critical Theorists (ed. Jon Simons). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Peraino, Judith. 2015. “Synthesizing Difference: The Queer Circuits of Early Synthpop.” Rethinking Difference in Music Scholarship (ed. Olivia Bloechel, Melanie Lowe, and Jeffrey Kallberg). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Provenzano, Catherine. 2019. “Making Voices: The Gendering of Pitch Correction and the Auto-Tune Effect in Contemporary Pop Music.” Journal of Popular Music Studies 31(2): 63-84.
Railton, Diane and Paul Watson. 2011. “Masculinity and the Absent Presence of the Male Body.” Music Video and the Politics of Representation. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Smalls, Shanté Paradigm. 2022. “Queer Hip Hop, Queer Dissonance.” Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City. New York: New York University Press. 123-150.
Taylor, Jodie. 2012. “Identities, Theories, and Politics.” Playing It Queer: Popular Music, Identity, and Queer World-Making. Bern: Peter Lang.
Wilbourne, Emily. 2018. “The Queer History of the Castrato.” The Oxford Handbook of Music and Queerness (ed. Fred Everett Maus et al.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. 441-454.
Association in the course directory
BA: ETH-V, POP-V, INT, FRE
MA (2008): M02, M03, M04, M05, M08, M11, M13, M16
MA (2022): E.ETH, E.INT, E.POP, H.ETH, H.INT, H.POP, S.ETH, S.INT, S.POP
EC: POM2
MA (2008): M02, M03, M04, M05, M08, M11, M13, M16
MA (2022): E.ETH, E.INT, E.POP, H.ETH, H.INT, H.POP, S.ETH, S.INT, S.POP
EC: POM2
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