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Class number:
3184
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Title: Blues Women to Nicki Minaj |
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Department: Music |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 39 |
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Current enrollment: 14 |
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Available seats: 25 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM, AAC - 112 |
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Instructor(s): Woldu, Gail |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Arts & Identity Power Equity Requirements |
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Note: Seat Reservations: 5 first-years, 5 sophomores. |
Course Description:
This course explores the music of Black American women in music from the era of blues queens of the 1920s through Nicki Minaj. Along the way we will listen to and read about the music of blues greats Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith; trailblazer Marian Anderson; jazz legends Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dinah Washington; Motown superstar Diana Ross and the fabulous Supremes; disco queen Donna Summer; gospel and soul diva Aretha Franklin; rocker Tina Turner; and, ultimately, women in hip-hop, among them Queen Latifah, Lil' Kim, and Nicki Minaj. Because context is critical to the understanding of the music of these women, course readings will situate the women in their social and musical times. |