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Ovando: May 2010
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The Transformative Potential of Floral and Event Design. Friday, May 28, 2010. The excitement in the air is palpable. Cynical New Yorkers are sipping at bars across the city as they chit chat about their plans of escape through the Memorial Day weekend. Suddenly that sober visage begins to break. A smile? Surfing in Costa Rica, the first Hamptons getaway of the summer, the Indianapolis 500. Or perhaps just a picnic at our westside favorite, The High Line. The possibilities are infinite. Celebrity ambassa...
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music and manhood: January 2011
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Duke U seminar on relationship between popular music and masculinities in the United States. Friday, January 28, 2011. Feb 1 - Elvis, Part I. Karal Ann Marling (1994) “When Elvis Cut his Hair: The Meaning of Mobility,” As Seen on TV: The Visual Culture of Everyday Life in the 1950s”. One of the videos below. (Disregard what syllabus says about listening/posting). Tuesday, January 25, 2011. Jan 27- The Soldier, Part II. USMC advertisement- heavy metal soundtrack starts at around 0:40. 8220;Over There,R...
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music and manhood: March 2011
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Duke U seminar on relationship between popular music and masculinities in the United States. Thursday, March 31, 2011. April 5- Guest Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Smith, Duke Jazz Archivist. For this class, you are only required to post a question.*. 3 Short Readings on Blackboard:. Amiri Baraka, "Black Woman," from Raise, Race, Rays, Raze: Essays Since 1965. Amiri Baraka, "Jim Brown on the Screen," from Spirit Reach. Pearl Cleage, "Mad at Miles," from The Miles Davis Companion. Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Jan Muto ...
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music and manhood: April 12-Guest: Dr. Mark Anthony Neal
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Duke U seminar on relationship between popular music and masculinities in the United States. Thursday, April 7, 2011. April 12-Guest: Dr. Mark Anthony Neal. Note: You only need to do a question for this post. Also, a reminder that, as of 4/7, papers are now due * Wed, Apr 13 11:59PM*. Neal talking about Michael Jackson's legacy in video above. It is long (around 50 min) but fascinating. He talks specifically about MJ and masculinity at 25:20. Bilal Sayeed Oliver "Soul Sista," "Fast Lane," "For You".
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music and manhood: February 2011
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Duke U seminar on relationship between popular music and masculinities in the United States. Thursday, February 24, 2011. March 1 - The Cockrocker. Sheila Whiteley (1997) “Little Red Rooster v. the Honky Tonk Woman: Mick Jagger, Sexuality, Style and Image,” from Sexing the Groove. Rolling Stones, “Cocksucker Blues” (available as youtube recording above). Steve Waksman (1996) “’Every Inch of My Love: Led Zeppelin and the Problem of Cock Rock,” Journal of Popular Music Studies. Tuesday, February 22, 2011.
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music and manhood: April 7--MJ!!!
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Duke U seminar on relationship between popular music and masculinities in the United States. Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Cynthia Fuchs (1995) “Michael Jackson’s Penis,” from Cruising the Performative: Interventions into the Representation of Ethnicity, Nationality and Sexuality. Ed by Sue-Ellen Case, Philip Brett, and Susan Leigh Foster. MJ, "In the Closet," "Beat It," "Thriller". What records, if any, do we have of Jacksons quiet times when he escaped from the public eye? April 6, 2011 at 1:47 PM. He was st...
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Sound Targets
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Academic Researcher and Composer. In 2009, I published the book,. Sound Targets: American Soldiers and Music in the Iraq War. Listen to Interviews with Veterans. Sound Targets: American Soldiers and Music in the Iraq war.
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music and manhood: April 19--Falsetto Men
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Duke U seminar on relationship between popular music and masculinities in the United States. Thursday, April 14, 2011. April 19- Falsetto Men. Alice Echols (2010) “The Homo Superiors: Disco and the Rise of Gay Macho,” Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. Tracks by Sylvester and Disco Tex and His Sexolettes on Blackboard. Sylvester "You Make Me Feel" video above. April 16, 2011 at 10:46 PM. Do you think gay macho was a parody or sincere emulation of heterosexual masculinity? I have never...
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music and manhood: April 21--Class Presentations Part I
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Duke U seminar on relationship between popular music and masculinities in the United States. Tuesday, April 19, 2011. April 21- Class Presentations Part I. To see the videos for Day 1 of Class Presentations, go here:. Https:/ docs.google.com/present/edit? For posting: one or 2 questions about one of the videos, or about the videos as a whole. (No artifact posting). April 19, 2011 at 10:55 PM. April 20, 2011 at 7:37 PM. Do you think this reference to sexuality emphasized their masculine potency? After our...