MUSC 253S The Politics of Aesthetics and Spirituality

Explores the relationship of music and the politics of aesthetics and spirituality of classical, folk, functional, and popular musics in a cross-cultural and cross-historical context. Attention is paid to both pre-modern and modern vernacular and cosmopolitan formations. Enrollment is restricted to juniors, seniors, and graduate students. (Formerly MUSC 228, Techniques of Modernity and Aesthetic Formations.) Students cannot receive credit for this course and MUSC 105S.