ANTHRO 329

Music of East Asia:Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation


Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 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 2017

Not offered in 2017; planned for 2018

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s)  Sunhee Koo

Reading/Texts


Recommended Reading


Points

ANTHRO 329: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points passed at Stage II