Course Details
Country:
Korea, South
Institution:
Yonsei University
Course Title:
Understanding Popular Music
Course Number:
YCD1602
Course Description:
Course taught in English and Korean.
Popular music is an integral part of contemporary life. We not only love/hate popular music but also understand the social world and ourselves through it. The course aims to understand popular music, not as isolated artistic texts, but situated within the social and cultural context. The first part of the course introduces key concepts and theories for the understanding of popular music as a socio-economic phenomenon and a cultural-political expression. We ask and try to answer a series of questions. For instance: By what industrial and technological processes does popular music reach us? What are we actually doing when we consume popular music? How does popular music make us? The second part of the course surveys the historical development of Korean popular music from yuhaengga in the colonial era up until k-pop today.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
MUSI 102
