SOC317H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Nobel Peace Prize, Tricia Rose, Protest Song
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It is a vehicle for social, cultural and political messages: empty vessel that takes on a lot of social meaning. It is also a tool for social boundaries i"m in this group and you"re in that group. Nobel peace prize for literature for his song writing: african american protest songs, been shaped by slavery, poverty and racism, anti-lynching song "strange fruit" by lewis allan and performed and recorded by billie holiday (1959) "southern trees bear strange fruit / blood on the leaves and blood at the root / black bodies swinging in the southern breeze": rooted in the era of prohibition and african american culture. Jazz became associated with rule breaking and rebellious but also a good time (billy holiday: hip hop and the protest song. Do the right thing and f the police type of songs: police brutality has caused rise to black lives matter movement, contemporary examples this is america by childish gambino,
