MUSIC 2290

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MUSIC 2290
You Have Terrible Taste in Music

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023. Courses of Study 2022-2023 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

What does it mean to have "good taste" in music? Where does the idea come from, and how has it changed historically? Who has the power to decide which music is good and which is terrible? What makes an expert? Does expertise mean anything in assessing the "value" of different musics? And how does aesthetic expertise interact with other systems of power and identity? Why do people love some genres and hate others? Why does a "guilty pleasure" involve guilt at all? How do we explain our most basic aesthetic attachments? We will examine these questions by reading and discussing texts by philosophers, historians, journalists, musicologists, and sociologists on taste and cultural authority.

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (ALC-AS, LA-AS, SCD-AS)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8035 MUSIC 2290   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Aug 22 - Dec 5, 2022

    • Piekut, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person