Music Lessons: University Courses On Miley Cyrus And Beyoncé Take Over Campus

"It's our party; we can do what we want.”

Wise words there cannot stop, single huge success last year by singer Miley Cyrus.

Those lyrics resonate with any degree once enjoyed a late night, so maybe it makes sense that they should study and live by them.

A University of New York backs that logic, the announcement that a course called Sociology of Miley Cyrus run : race, class, gender and media students this summer.

More than a step by step on how Twerk , the course at Skidmore College will offer students a "creative and rigorous way to see what is relevant about sociology and theory of sociology " guide, according to Professor Carolyn Chernoff .

Miley 's character as a " hyper - commodification of childhood" and its recent rebranding everything will be discussed at the liberal arts college in Saratoga.
Skidmore College is the first institution to offer courses that allow students to analyze and reflect on some of the biggest names in music.

At Rutgers University in New Jersey, two of the names that are already in the curriculum. A module, Theology Bruce Springsteen, allows students to look at the use of biblical motifs in the music of The Boss. Another, Politicizing Beyoncé, announced earlier this year, will also focus on the lyrics of the comparison of the production of the singer with texts by black feminist writers.

If you prefer a delve into academic work Beyoncé 's husband , then you may want to enroll in the University of Missouri, offering the course , English 2169 : Jay -Z and Kanye West . Most college students have 99 problems ... but an extension in his essay is not one.

However, while we can obtain a better understanding of culture by exploring the popularity of certain celebrities, may the words of a pop song ever be so important? Some of the lyrics from Beyoncé could well be in stark contrast to the reflections of some feminist writers. An example? A medium - rhyme of their single, Blow, released late last year, in which he asks, “Can you eat my Skittles / It’s the sweetest in the middle ‘.

But doctoral student Kevin Allred, who teaches the course Politicizing Beyoncé believes her lyrics and attitude, says more about society than we might imagine. ‘Beyoncé I use to discuss race, gender and sexuality in the U.S. because of its cultural influence is so pervasive, he said.

"As one of the most powerful black woman in pop culture today, which says something about how we view sex, gender and race as categories that operate in society. I firmly believe that you have to do their interesting material for students to participate in them, especially in the changing technological world today, or else run the risk that it may not be related and thus consider the important material.