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  Dress Appearance and Diversity

  Addie Martindale, Virginia Rolling, Nikki Cannon-Rech, Autumn Johnson, and Deborah Walker

  This open LibGuides-based textbook for Dress Appearance and Diversity was created under an ALG Affordable Materials Grant.

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  Fashion Fundamentals and Social Psychological Aspects of Dress

  Addie Martindale, Virginia Rolling, Nikki Cannon-Rech, Autumn Johnson, and Deborah Walker

  This open LibGuides-based textbook for Fashion Fundamentals and Social Psychological Aspects of Dress was created under an ALG Affordable Materials Grant.

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  Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning

  Pamela Sachant, Peggy Blood, Jeffery LeMieux, and Rita Tekippe

  Editor's Description:

  Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts, this textbooks offers up-to-date original scholarship. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art, its technical applications, and its many uses.

  Combining the best elements of both a traditional textbook and a reader, it introduces such issues in art as its meaning and purpose; its meaning and purpose; its structure, material, and form; and its diverse effects on our lives. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding the students’ educational experiences beyond the textbook. Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning provides a new and free alternative to traditional textbooks, making it an invaluable resource in our modern age of technology and advancement.

  A Japanese translation is available from Better Late Than Never: Japanese Translation. The translated text is also available as an additional file.

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  Latinx Media: An Open-Access Textbook

  Rielle Navitski and Leslie Marsh

  Latinx Media, an open-access textbook, delves into the vibrant phenomenon of film, television, and digital media by and about the Latinx community, introducing readers to the core concepts in each of these media studies fields. Featuring thematic chapters by both distinguished and emerging scholars, the book uses media as a lens to illuminate the diversity and complexity of the US Latinx community in the past and present, examining questions of national origin, race/color, gender, and sexuality. It also includes profiles of prominent Latinx creatives that can be used as models for classroom assignments, plus a roundtable discussion featuring four scholars of Latinx media.

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  Music Appreciation (Georgia Gwinnett College)

  Todd Mueller, Elizabeth Whittenburg Ozment, Irina Escalante-Chernova, Marc Gilley, Catherine Kilroe-Smith, and Rachael Fischer

  This Music Appreciation textbook was created under an ALG Round Five Textbook Transformation Grant. The original copy was presented in five modules, which are provided as separate files.

  Authors' Description:

  "The author of this text has intentionally kept it general in nature in order to create a platform for those who want to expand content into more in depth studies of the mentioned concepts and traditions. I believe that appreciation of any subject comes from open-minded exposure to that topic. With the arts this generally must happen at a moment when the message and meaning of the work resonates naturally with the appreciator.

  Each instructor of music appreciation brings a unique expertise in differing genres. I encourage you to utilize this text along with musical examples of your choice. The music appreciation specific goals (found in the syllabus) vary between individual classes as the instructors see fit. These goals will be achieved by those who have competently met all of the requirements of the course. For the course that this text accompanies the goals for each student are:

  • To gain basic exposure to the elements of music and their treatment in music
  • To learn historical and cultural signifiers in a diverse body of music • To approach listening to music actively/analytically and to reflect on the experience
  • To understand the factors that contribute to musical style in their own music and music presented in the course
  • To gain knowledge about differing musical aesthetics and trends
  • To become more knowledgeable and sensitive to varied human expression through music

  If we endeavor together to reach these course goals the successful student will be able to:

  • Describe elements of music that s/he hears, employing correct musical terminology
  • Place music into an appropriate historical and cultural context
  • Listen critically and discuss a wide variety of musical styles
  • Analyze the stylistic features of a diverse group of musical styles
  • Identify nationalistic tendencies in musical expression
  • Identify musical diversity and aspects of our global society"

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  Resonances: Engaging Music in its Cultural Context

  Esther Morgan-Ellis, Rebecca Johnston, Arielle Crumley, Alexandra Dunbar, Louis Hajosy, David Peoples, Serena Scibelli, Philip Snyder, Bart Walters, and Marie Graham

  Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context offers a fresh curriculum for the college-level music appreciation course. The musical examples are drawn from classical, popular, and folk traditions from around the globe. These examples are organized into thematic chapters, each of which explores a particular way in which human beings use music. Topics include storytelling, political expression, spirituality, dance, domestic entertainment, and more. The chapters and examples can be taught in any order, making Resonances a flexible resource that can be adapted to your teaching or learning needs. This textbook is accompanied by a complete set of PowerPoint slides, a test bank, and learning objectives.

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  Understanding Music: Past and Present

  N. Alan Clark, Thomas Heflin, Jeffrey Kluball, and Elizabeth Kramer

  Understanding Music: Past and Present is an open Music Appreciation textbook co-authored by music faculty across Georgia. The text covers the fundamentals of music and the physics of sound, an exploration of music from the Middle Ages to the present day, and a final chapter on popular music in the United States.

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