MUSI 3570 - University of Virginia

SEMESTER SCHEDULE
Readings designated under the author “Manuel” are from the required text; all others are from the intranet readings.
INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS POPULAR MUSIC? – LATIN AMERICA (CUBA AND BRAZIL)
Class #
B1
Introductory/Brazil Readings:
Manuel, Ch. 1, “Perspectives on the Study of Non-Western Popular Musics,” pp. 1-23
Christopher Dunn, “Tropicália, Counterculture, and the Diasporic Imagination in Brazil,”
pp. 72-91
John Murphy, “Samba: Brazil’s National Music,” pp. 1-28
Timothy Taylor, Ch. 1, “Popular Music and Globalization,” pp. 1-38
Course introduction, Studying Popular Music
[Port 1: Roseau, Dominica, Jan. 23-24]
B2
B3
Popular Music and Globalization, Popular Music of Brazil
Brazil: Tropicália, political subversion
** First Assignment due – Popular Music, The World, and You **
UNIT I: AFRICA
[Port 2: Manaus, Brazil, Jan. 31-Feb. 3]
Ghana Readings:
Manuel, “West Africa,” pp. 84-94
John Collins and Paul Richards, “Popular Music in West Africa (1981),” pp. 12-37
E. J. Collins, “Ghanaian Highlife,” pp. 62-68
Reebee Garofalo, “Whose World, What Beat: The Transnational Music Industry,
Identity, and Cultural Imperialism,” pp. 16-32
B4
B5
B6
B7
Port reflections; Issues in Popular Music: Globalization, Cultural Hegemony
Introduction to African Popular Music
Ghanaian Popular Music: Highlife
QUIZ #1; Ghanaian Popular Music: Hiplife
[Port 3: Takoradi, Ghana, Feb. 13-17]
South Africa Readings:
Manuel, “South Africa,” pp. 105-106
Louise Meintjes, “Paul Simon's Graceland, South Africa, and the Mediation of Musical
Meaning,” pp. 37-73
Gavin Steingo, “Historicizing Kwaito,” pp. 76-91
Tim Taylor, “Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Two Worlds, One Heart”
SEMS – Spring 2012 – Popular Musics of the World Syllabus, p. 4