Sociology of Music: Issues
Code
711021076
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências Musicais
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Paula Gomes Ribeiro
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
By the end of this course students should/will be able to demonstrate:
a) Knowledge and understanding of the main concepts, research tools and theories of celebrity, fame and gender studies, with a focus in music discourses and practices;
b) An awareness of the state of the art developments in the mentioned domain;
c) To know and have ability to use and compare different theoretical positions in the gender and music studies domain;
d) To be able to develop a research project in the study domain;
e) To be able to synthesize, document and communicate ideas and information in the specific domain.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
This course enables the students to develop a broad research experience in the field of sociology of music. A central problem is determined in each academic year, according to social and intellectual relevance, and to the state of the art developments in the domain of study. In this academic year, the course will examine and discuss musical practices and discourses in the context of celebrity culture, in relation with social media paradigms. And subcultural dynamics.
1. Introduction to celebrity and fame studies. Outline of the field, objects, key concepts, theories and research tools. (Weber; Boorstin; Dyer; Marshall; Turner; Grossberg; Rojek; Elias). Mapping issues of subjectivity and gender within this domain. (McClary; Guilbert)
2. Fame as social power and status (Simmel; Marshall). Star system, mediation networks, markets, and music industries. Gender, consumption behaviours and fandom. (Barthes; Hesmondhalgh; Holmes; Frith etc.)
Bibliography
Bennet, A. (2000). Popular Music and Youth Culture: Music, Identity and Place. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Butler, J. (2004). Undoing gender. New York: Routledge.
Gauntlett, D. (2008). Media, Gender and Identity: An Introduction. London: Routledge.
Leppert, R. & McClary, S. (1987). Music and society, the politics of composition, performance and reception. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Marshall, P. D. (ed.) (2006). The Celebrity Culture Reader. New York: Routledge.
McClary, S. (1991). Feminine endings. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Martin, P. J. (1997). Sounds and Society: Themes in the Sociology of Music. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
O´Hara, K. & Brown, B. (eds.) (2006). Consuming Music Together: Social and Collaborative Aspects of Music Consumption Technologies. Dordrecht: Springer.
Rojek, C. (2001). Celebrity. London: Reaktion Books.
Teaching method
Lessons are both theoretical (60%) and practical (40%). The teaching-learning processes make extensive use of audiovisual media, and are based in the active learning model. They include, among other methods, exposition and demonstration, discussion, collaborative learning, literature review, problem solving, case learning, musical and audiovisual examples interpretation, group and individual readings and presentations, research project conception , among others.
Evaluation method
Evaluation:
1) a research project guidelines (25%);
2) a critical review and its oral discussion (25%);
3) a paper, and its presentation in the course ´s final conference (50%).
Critical thinking and class participation will be valued.