Research Guides: INQ 110-BB Can Music Change the World?: Assigned Reading

UNIT 1: Patriotism, Protest, and Other Political Soundscapes

Propaganda.
Samson, Jim. 2014. “Propaganda.” Musical Aesthetics: Musicological Perspectives (Routledge): 259-275.

Forging Identity: Beethoven’s “Ode” as European Anthem
Clark, Caryl. 1997. “Forging Identity: Beethoven’s “Ode” as European Anthem.” Critical Inquiry 23 (4): 789-807
A Censorship of Forgetting: Origins and Origin Myths of ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic
Randall, Annie J. 2005. “A Censorship of Forgetting: Origins and Origin Myths of ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’.” Randall, ed., Music, Power, and Politics. New York: Routledge: 5-24.
Conclusion: The Hymn That Marches On.
John Stauffer and Benjamin Soskis. 2013. “Conclusion: The Hymn That Marches On.” In The Battle Hymn of the Republic: A Biography of the Song That Marches On. New York: Oxford University Press, 272-292.

Songs for Freedom: Music and the Struggle against Apartheid.
Mark Malisa and Nandipha Malange. 2013. “Songs for Freedom: Music and the Struggle against Apartheid.” Friedman, J.C. (Ed.). (2013). The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music. New York: Routledge: 1304-318).

Viral Voices: Revolutionary Song, Social Media, and Youth Culture in the Arab Spring.
Vicente, Victor A. 2013. “Viral Voices: Revolutionary Song, Social Media, and Youth Culture in the Arab Spring.” Bilgi 15 (2): 32-55.
Rage Against The Machine, Zapatismo, and the Aesthetics of Anger.
Green, Andrew. 2015. “Rage Against The Machine, Zapatismo, and the Aesthetics of Anger.” Popular Music 34 (3): 390-407.
A Tribe Called Red’s Halluci Nation: Sonifying Embodied Global Allegiances, Decolonization, And Indigenous Activism.
Woloshyn, Alexa. 2016. “A Tribe Called Red’s Halluci Nation: Sonifying Embodied Global Allegiances, Decolonization, And Indigenous Activism.” Intersections: Canadian Journal of Music 36 (2).

UNIT 2: Identifying Identities and Authenticating Authenticities

A Map of the Music
Portia K. Maultsby, “A Map of the Music” in African American Review 29:2 Special Issues on The Music (Summer, 1995): 183-184.
Can American Popular Vocal Music Escape the Legacy of Blackface Minstrelsy?
Brown, B., Lee. 2013. “Can American Popular Vocal Music Escape the Legacy of Blackface Minstrelsy?” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 71 (1) Song, Songs, and Singing: 91-100.
Performance as a Force for Change: The Case of Billie Holiday and ‘Strange Fruit’.
Margolick, David. 1999. “Performance as a Force for Change: The Case of Billie Holiday and ‘Strange Fruit’.” Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature 11 (1): 91-109.
James Brown’, ‘Jamesbrown’, James Brown: Black (Music) from the Getup.
Brar, Dhanveer Singh. 2015. “‘James Brown’, ‘Jamesbrown’, James Brown: Black (Music) from the Getup.” Popular Music 34 (3): 471-484.
A Black Barbie’s Moment: Nicki Minaj and the Struggle for Cultural Dominance.
Halliday, Aria S. 2022. “A Black Barbie’s Moment: Nicki Minaj and the Struggle for Cultural Dominance.” In Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture. University of Illinois Press, 111-142.
Redneck Religion and Shitkickin’ Saviours?
Grimshaw, Michael. 2002. “‘Redneck Religion and Shitkickin’ Saviours?’: Gram Parsons, Theology and Country Music.” Popular Music 21 (1): 93-105.
Redneck Woman” and the Gendered Poetics of Class Rebellion.
Hubbs, Nadine. “Redneck Woman” and the Gendered Poetics of Class Rebellion. Southern Cultures 17:4 Music (Winter 2011): 44-70.
Celluloid Love Songs: Musical ‘Modus Operandi’ and the Dramatic Aesthetics of Romantic Hindi Film.
Sarrazin, Natalie. 2008. “Celluloid Love Songs: Musical ‘Modus Operandi’ and the Dramatic Aesthetics of Romantic Hindi Film.” Popular Music 27 (3): 393-411.
Sufi Music as a Spiritual Journey: The Commodification of the Rumi Image in World Music Markets.
Degirmenci, Koray. 2013. “Sufi Music as a Spiritual Journey: The Commodification of the Rumi Image in World Music Markets.” In Creating Global Music in Turkey. Lanham, Md: Lexington Books, 81-116. [assigned through page 107, Concluding Remarks]
Preface: Like a Prayer and Making Worship and Music: Expression, Experience, and Education.
Kelman, Ari Y. 2018. “Preface: Like a Prayer” and “Making Worship and Music: Expression, Experience, and Education.” In Shout to the Lord: Making Worship Music in Evangelical America. New York University Press, xi-xvi and 15-36.
“Road to Zion: Hip Hop’s Search for the City Yet to Come” and “Epilogue”
Zanfagna, Christina. 2017. “Road to Zion: Hip Hop’s Search for the City Yet to Come” and “Epilogue” In Holy Hip Hop in the City of Angels. Berkley, Ca: University of California Press): 128-77 and 145-146.
Musical Links
Zanfanga. Musical Links.