CRM 3317 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ice-T, American Family Association, Critical Criminology
11 Dec 2015
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The reading of crime news can be thought of as a collective ritual process produce genre because simplified narratives. Looking for resources to help us make sense of the everyday. Not syringe model, allowed to resist and comment to form the (why we use) genres. How you take the song into your own hands. Say things about expectations and moral order. The individuals willing to break the law to stop people from breaking the law. Not cause and effect: you only listen to sad songs when you"re sad. In breaking the law some heroes represent the status quo. Not about who upholds and who breaks. Montreal graffiti in the batman video game. Cultural criminology recognizes the personal is political that ones politics are inseparable from one"s biography. Certain populations do bad things because of music. Johnny cash making music in the name of social justice, vigilante himself. Lots of social change and music, including canadians joanie.
