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Introduction to Chinese Musical Culture - ARTS2456
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1
 
 
Equivalent: CHIN2314
 
 
Excluded: CHIN5914
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 1 (more info)
 
   
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 
Available for General Education: Yes (more info)
 
  

Description

Subject Area: Chinese Studies

This course is open to all students either as a core course of the Chinese major or as an elective or general education course for any program/major. Musicianship and Chinese language proficiency are not required. The course aims at broadening and deepening students’ understanding of China’s multiethnic societies and cultures through an introduction to musical cultures of the majority Han people and various minority ethnic groups in that country. Following a combination of approaches in anthropology, ethnomusicology and cultural studies and through vivid case studies of China’s musical cultures, students are guided in examining the Chinese situation with regard to politics, economy, gender, identity, ethnicity, nationalism, globalisation and glocalisation. Study materials include relevant academic writings and multimedia sources such as videos, DVDs and films.

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