5/3--FINAL PAPERS DUE AT 5PM, IN DIGITAL DROPBOX

Thanks for a great semester!!!

April 26--LAST CLASS, Class presentations part II

Same assignment as last time--watch the videos included on this GoogleDoc, post a question (or 2) on one or more of them, no artifact discussion.

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AQVbz7yQ99-dZGZoNDY0NnpfMTZnOHo1dnpjZg&hl=en

April 21--Class Presentations Part I

To see the videos for Day 1 of Class Presentations, go here:

https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AQVbz7yQ99-dZGZoNDY0NnpfMTNoaG1oYm42Yg&hl=en

For posting: one or 2 questions about one of the videos, or about the videos as a whole. (No artifact posting)

April 19--Falsetto Men

Reading:

• Alice Echols (2010) “The Homo Superiors: Disco and the Rise of Gay Macho,” Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture

Listening:

• Tracks by Sylvester and Disco Tex & His Sexolettes on Blackboard

Viewing:

• Sylvester "You Make Me Feel" video above

April 14--The Boy Band Boy

Reading:
Hawkins, Stan. “[Un]Justified: Gestures of Straight-Talk in Justin Timberlake’s Songs.” In Oh Boy! Masculinities and Popular Music, edited by Freya Jarman-Ivens, 197-212. New York: Routledge, 2007.

Listening/Viewing:

• Justin Timberlake: "Rock Your Body," "Cry Me A River," "Right for Me," "Never Again" (tracks available in Blackboard)
• (optional) Timberlake & Beyonce: "Single Ladies" 

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**

Viewing (optional):

• Neal talking about Michael Jackson's legacy in video above. It is long (around 50 min) but fascinating. He talks specifically about MJ & masculinity at 25:20.

Reading:

• Neal (2003) "Diggin' the Scene (With the Gangsta Lean)," from Songs in the Key of Black Life: A Rhythm and Blues Nation
• Neal (2001) “Another Man Is Beating My Time: Gender and Sexuality in Rhythm and Blues,” from American Popular Music: New Approaches to the Twentieth Century

Listening:

• Bilal Sayeed Oliver "Soul Sista," "Fast Lane," "For You"
• Curtis Mayfield, "Freddie's Dead"

April 7--MJ!!!

Reading:

• 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

Viewing/Listening:

• MJ, "In the Closet," "Beat It," "Thriller"