뉴욕대학교가 팝스타 테일러 스위프트(Taylor Swift)를 연구하는 강좌를 개설했다. 강사는 '롤링스톤' 잡지의 브리타니 스파노스로 음악 기업가로서 테일러 스위프트의 진화, 팝과 컨트리 작곡가로서의 유산, 청춘-소녀기의 담론 및 현대팝뮤직에서 인종의 정치학 등을 가르친다. 테일러 스위프트가 수업에 초대됐으나 참가는 미정이다. 

“Course Objectives:

Students will develop an understanding and appreciation for Taylor Swift as a creative music entrepreneur; Students will learn to deconstruct the way her creativity and songwriting have made her a durable presence in a quickly evolving music industry;

Students will learn about the legacy of pop and country songwriters that have influenced Swift as well as the discourses around “prodigies” in pop music history;

Students will gain an understanding of how discourses of youth and girlhood are often exploited in the media and music industries;

Students will learn about the politics of race in contemporary popular music, and to interrogate whiteness as it relates to Swift’s politics, songwriting, worldview and interactions with the wider cultural world around her;

Students will develop greater sophistication in their artistic appreciation, critical thinking, research and writing skills.”

Taylor Swift Course Launched at New York University’s Clive Davis Institute

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