Jazz Studies: Critical Perspectives on Music and Culture

While not a history class per se, this course will take a roughly chronological approach to examining the evolution of jazz as musical and cultural practice from c. 1920 - 2000. In addition to contextual musical content, relevant theoretical frameworks will include (but are not limited to) aspects of race theory, gender theory, disability, anecdotal theory, and approaches drawn from ethnomusicology. In addition, the ethical implications of scholarship will be regularly addressed particularly in relation to notions of genre, and the tensions surrounding notions of music as cultural practice vs. music as/in commodity form.   Credit level: 10 Year Taken: Year 4 Undergraduate SCQF level: 20