Examine popular music and its role in political struggle and collective identity formation in the Balkans. Analyze music genres in this region in the context of the historical changes it underwent in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including the fall of Communism and -- in the case of former Yugoslavia -- the formation of seven new nation-states through a series of bloody and brutal wars. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic 47), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 38), Women's and Gender Studies 345D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.