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Yale's Beyoncé Course

Yale University is offering a new course that uses Beyoncé's music and career as a lens to explore Black intellectual thought and activism.

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Who is teaching the new course at Yale?: The course is being taught by Daphne Brooks, a writer and Black studies scholar who co-founded Yale's Black Sound & the Archive Working Group.
What aspects of Beyoncé's work will be analyzed in the course?: The course will analyze Beyoncé's albums, performances, and concert films, exploring themes of Black feminist theory, philosophy, anthropology, art history, and musicology.
What is the significance of this course's focus on Beyoncé's work?: The course's focus on Beyoncé's work as a lens to explore Black intellectual thought and activism highlights the increasing use of pop culture in higher education to engage with complex social and political themes.
What is the name of the new course being offered at Yale University?: Yale University is launching a new course, "Beyonce Makes History," which will examine Beyoncé's work through the lens of Black intellectual thought and activism.
Have other universities offered similar courses on pop culture figures?: Other universities have also offered similar Beyoncé-themed courses, reflecting a growing trend of using pop culture figures to examine broader social and political issues.

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