Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:48:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Maldoror <insektus-AT-yahoo.com> Subject: Re: critical rock music > And whatever happened to the old vogue of critical > cultural studies on pop > music? Most of it was rather poor criticism, but in > any case... thanks for the link. i had always thought that if i were to get back into academia, that would be the arena i'd like to enter. i like the whole idea of pop music and politics and how music can be a place that can open up alternate points of view. like when i had mentioned to ben about punk (sex pistols, the clash, etc.) and the critique of the british politik of the time. i know myself when i was a kid i began to question the politics of the u$ through metallica's '...and justice for all' album (gotta love the title track and 'the shortest straw') because it was a counter to the status quo was being taught in high school. it wasn't until the end of my BA and my brief stint in master's courses that those points were brought up and even then it was in lit. classes that dissidence was brought up. there is definitely something that music can offer when we consider the aforementioned bands and also rap artists like nwa, public enemy, paris, eminem, etc. i think these artists can and do have some impact on the masses that can't afford higher education. though the impact might be small it is important nevertheless, and is definitely worth investigating. gr3g __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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