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.
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.