Instructor: Dr. Charles Sykes
1:00P-2:15 PM TR TBA

This course is a comprehensive survey of the development of Motown Record Corporation, with
emphasis on its Detroit Era, 1959-1972.  Through lecture, demonstration, discussion, research,
analytical, and audio-visual experiences, the course seeks to illuminate: 10 the relationship
between the music, structure, and activities of Motown Record Corporation to their aesthetic and
socio-cultural foundations, and 2) the significance of Motown to the history and culture of
America.  Within five (5) unites of instruction, the course will explore issues related to the people,
musical works, creative processes, management practices, events, communication media,
technology, and socio-cultural factors that contributed to the identity of Motown as a unique
artistic, commercial, and cultural phenomenon.
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