ANTHRO 329

Music of East Asia: Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation

Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 for ANTHRO 329.

Description

Explores East Asia from the ethnomusicological perspective and illuminates how music negotiates boundaries and constructs varying identities in China, Japan and Korea, while affirming a distinct cultural identity generally referred to as “East Asian”. Using different musical practices of East Asia as case studies, it examines multiple approaches and methodologies used in studying East Asian music.

Availability 2016

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Sunhee Koo

Points

ANTHRO 329: 15 points

Prerequisites

ANTHRO 219 or 202, or 30 points in Stage II courses available for any BA major