Copenhagen University offers course on Beyoncé
Students at Copenhagen University are being offered classes on Beyoncé.
Already 75 students at the university - which dates back more than 530 years - have signed up for the course.
The class, entitled “Beyoncé, Gender and Race” will be taught in much the same way as other cultural courses such as opera, the Local reported.
Such is the interest in the class that it has been moved to a larger lecture hall.
Erik Steinskog told the Danish broadcaster, TV2 that the work of Beyoncé Knowles was a matter of academic interest.
“We will analyse her songs and music videos. There will be a focus on gender, sexuality and race," he said.
"One of the goals is to introduce black feminist thought, which is not well known in Scandinavia. We want to explore the kind of entity feminism is,” he said.
“Beyoncé is important in understanding the world we live in. Beyoncé is one of the biggest pop artists today, which makes her important in an analysis of contemporary times,” Prof Steinskog added.
Already 75 students at the university - which dates back more than 530 years - have signed up for the course.
The class, entitled “Beyoncé, Gender and Race” will be taught in much the same way as other cultural courses such as opera, the Local reported.
Such is the interest in the class that it has been moved to a larger lecture hall.
Erik Steinskog told the Danish broadcaster, TV2 that the work of Beyoncé Knowles was a matter of academic interest.
“We will analyse her songs and music videos. There will be a focus on gender, sexuality and race," he said.
"One of the goals is to introduce black feminist thought, which is not well known in Scandinavia. We want to explore the kind of entity feminism is,” he said.
“Beyoncé is important in understanding the world we live in. Beyoncé is one of the biggest pop artists today, which makes her important in an analysis of contemporary times,” Prof Steinskog added.
