Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
5609MCIPA-SEP-PAR
Aims
In this Module, students will be provided with an engaging and contextual insight to the development and culture of post 1950 Western mainstream popular music.
Looking at the history of 20th century Western mainstream popular music from both an aesthetic and cultural perspective.
By drawing on cultural theory and analysis, students will, through lectures and exploratory seminars, advance their knowledge and understanding of the developments which have shaped, and continue to shape, the creation and consumption of mainstream popular music across the West.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Analytically reveal how cultural and technological events influence developments in mainstream and popular music culture.
2.
Critically utilise aspects of cultural theory to inform and illuminate discussion about Popular and Mainstream music culture.
3.
Assess how geo-political forces impact upon the culture of mainstream and popular music.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
- Historical context of North American popular music.
- The Appalachian Mountains meets the Mississippi Delta.
- Iconography of Popular Music.
- Cultural Theory and Popular Music
- Teenagers, Television and Rock 'n' Roll.
- Beatles, Dylan and Liberation.
- JFK, MLK, Bobbie K, Malcolm X & Muhammed Ali.
- The Business of Labels, Deals and Managers.
- Stevie Wonder, Funk, Bob Marley and Disco.
- Feminism in Popular Music.
- Five Years in New York City - Disco, Punk and Hip-Hop.
- Marketing and MTV, Madonna and Michael Jackson.
- Cheap Technology and Dance Democracy.
- Nihilism, Flannel Shirts and Grunge.
- Ripping CDs, MP3s, Globalisation and Oligopolies.
- Was Adorno right all along?
Module Overview:
In this Module, students will be provided with an engaging and contextual insight to the development of post 1950 Western mainstream popular music culture.
Looking at Western popular music, from both an aesthetic and cultural perspective, students will advance their knowledge and understanding of the developments which have shaped, and continue to shape, the creation and consumption of mainstream popular music across the West.
In this Module, students will be provided with an engaging and contextual insight to the development of post 1950 Western mainstream popular music culture.
Looking at Western popular music, from both an aesthetic and cultural perspective, students will advance their knowledge and understanding of the developments which have shaped, and continue to shape, the creation and consumption of mainstream popular music across the West.