LABR 1F99 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Atlantic Slave Trade, Working Class Culture, Solidarity Forever
23 Feb 2016
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March 12-cultures of resistance, from solidarity forever to hip hop. Research content of 2 poems and poets to class/readings. Under capitalism, dominant culture in a society shaped and influenced by the dominant class: capitalists. Traditionally, working class ppl have had little access to these dominant cultural institutions, that shape the way we think about the world: mainstream media (radio, Throughout history, working ppl have developed cultures of resistance that document their lives, their history and inspire their struggles culture from below not above. Cultural resistance: the practice of using meanings and symbols, that is, culture, to contest and combat a dominant power, often constructing a different vision of the world in the process. Art, poetry, literature, music, song, dance, film, theatre. Songs were a universal entity among slaves across the americas. Song served multiple purposes: emotional relief, express sorrow, nostalgia, collective grief, as a form of resistance. Slaves not allowed to voice their opinions and emotions.
