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MUSC 11EGlobal Popular Music

5 creditsGE ERUndergraduateStudent Option

This cultural study of global popular musics explores musical sounds, practices, and discourse via an examination of the development of the category world music. It explores how music and mass media engage broader issues around globalization, ethnic, national, and transnational identities; popular resistance; censorship; and cultural hegemony. Formerly MUSC 81C.)

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When it runs

Summer 2026Open Summer 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
TBA
OnlineW. E. SomersOpen 94/120

Spring 2026Open Spring 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
TBA
OnlineA. J. NunesClosed 403/400

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Robin Somers4.7 / 52.4 / 50%17
Alexander Nunes3.5 / 52.0 / 567%2

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