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Culture, Conflict and Consumerism: A Global History of Jazz in the 20th Century
Kultur, Konsum, Protest: Eine Globalgeschichte des Jazz im 20.Jahrhundert
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Abstract
The course provides and overview over 100 years of Jazz history. The first part focuses on the emergence of Jazz in the USA with a strong emphasis on its relation with African-American politics. The 2nd part analyzes the adaptation of Jazz in Europe, Asia and Africa. Here too musical history is analysed in the political and social contexts of the time.
Objective
The lecture series has two main goals: For one, the reconstruction of the historical trajectories of a new art form should enable the students to better grasp processes of cultural globalisation and its effect on people's everyday life. Second, the chronology of Jazz history serves as a window onto the broader process of modernization and the manifold conflicts and crises it triggered. Thus, musical history can shed a entirely new light not only on the long history of racial conflict in the USA it also prides fresh perspectives on Apartheid in South Africa, the Cold War, the cultural politics of the Nazi regime in Germany or the global ramifications of the student protests of 1968. The actual lecture is supported by the intense use of film and audio clips.
General Information
- Language
- German
- Levels
- DS , DR , MSC
Examination
- Type
- graded semester performance
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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| lecture | Kultur, Konsum, Protest: Eine Globalgeschichte des Jazz im 20.Jahrhundert |
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2 h weekly |
Offered In
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GESS Science in Perspective (Only the topics listed in this paragraph can be chosen as GESS Science in Perspective. Further below you will find the "type B courses Reflections about subject specific methods and content" as well as the language courses. 6 ECTS need to be acquired during the BA and 2 ECTS during the MA Students who already took a course within their main study program are NOT allowed to take the course again.)
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Type A: Enhancement of Reflection Competence (Suitable for all students. Students who already took a course within their main study program are NOT allowed to take the course again.)
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Doctoral Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (More Information at: )