LING 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: White Power Music, Plausible Deniability, Xenophobia
Document Summary
Music as a medium to express socio-political ideologies. Create ideologically-aligned community through music; find connections to others. Support/challenge dominant ideologies through what they choose to talk about. Music as a cultural commodity that generates revenue for people and institutions. Funds can go to rallies/funding for different groups. Use of music to demonstrate connection to popular culture and voter base. Choice of songs at political rallies, in campaign ads. Socially recognized as something that creates and is created by culture. Things that happen in current events are reflected in lyrics. E. g. , lyrics become cultural references; music videos inspire fashion trends. E. g. , lyrics reference celebrities, genres change with new production tech. What and who are (un)popular, major events. Explicit and implicit associations between musical genres and political ideologies. Often consumed uncritically with framed as just entertainment . Ex: misogyny and heterosexism associated w/ rap and hiphop, along with drugs and crime. Even tho genres like country also sing about alcohol and stuff.
