The course will examine her contributions to American culture A course dedicated to Beyoncé is coming to Yale University. READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Cowboy Carter’ review: country reinvention strikes gold The course is named Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music, and will examine Beyoncé’s work from her 2013 self-titled album to 2024’s ‘ Cowboy Carter ‘, as a lens to study Black history, intellectual thought and performance. Students will participate in screenings of the ‘Drunk In Love’ singer’s visual albums, discussions on works about her from various scholars, crafting playlists linking her discography to her musical predecessors and more.
Speaking to the Yale Daily News , Daphne Brooks, professor of African American Studies and Music, highlighted the recent US election as a prime opportunity to recognise and study Beyoncé’s contributions to American culture. “The number of breakthroughs and innovations she’s executed and the way she’s interwoven history and politics and really granular engagements with Black cultural life into her performance aesthetics and her utilisation of her voice as a portal to think about history and politics — there’s just no one like her,” she said. Beyonce backstage during The 57th Annual Grammy Awards.
(Photo by Bret Hartman/CBS via Getty Images) A host of university classes dedicated to pop stars have cropped up in recent years. Taylor Swift in pa.
