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This course asks students to bring in their own playlist of five songs from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. In the course of the semester, we will use these lists as a springboard to study the Cold War background of the songs, and to compile a final playlist that reflects the values and lived realities of the class. Some of the questions that will guide our evaluation of the song-texts are: What is the relationship between our taste and what we find beautiful? Can we find something ugly and repellent beautiful? How do the songs that we promote impact our society's understanding of what is good and important?