CAT 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Partner Dance, Rockabilly, Quebradita
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â—Ź Find an online locale in which music is the primary discussion
â—‹ Discussion forums
â—‹ Reddits
â—‹ Spotify album reviews
â—Ź How do participants structure an argument using rhetorical methods
â—‹ Ethos pathos logos
â—Ź Is there a sense of community, and how is it established and maintained?
â—Ź Write 2 paragraphs
â—Ź Due 12/7 by 11:59pm
â—Ź Exchange of values more than opinion, or how they express opinion
Simonette’s Main Argument
â—Ź Establishing identities in the face of political and economic change
â—‹ 1995 California
■Prop187 “save our state initiative”
â– Targeting illegal immigrant
â– Particularly Latino populations
● Music as the “power to engender strong community feelings”
The local vs the global
● The local is “horizontally” related to the global
â—Ź Deal w/ local and global simultaneously
â—Ź Powers of globalization did not necessarily lead to the homogenization of culture
○ “... culture clashes have released unexpected energies, unleashed creativity, and
provided opportunities for counterposing diverse alternatives
â—Ź Studying the local allows for a window into these alternatives
â—‹ Challenges the idea that identity is stable and coherent
â—‹ Popular culture is not that predictable
â—Ź The local is not necessarily predictable based on the global
â—‹ Popular culture is not the product of industries
○ Underlying assumption that cultural industries always know what’s going to sell
â– Disney knows how to make a movie that kids love
Banda
â—Ź Brass bands frequently used for special occasions
â—‹ Trumpet, trombone, tuba, marching percussion
â—‹ Religious occasions, outdoor sporting events, weddings, and funerals
â—Ź Largely based on dances
â—‹ Polka, Waltz, Son, Mamba, Cumbia
â—Ź Often associated with rural locales
Techno-Banda
â—Ź Developing in 1980s
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Document Summary
Find an online locale in which music is the primary discussion. How do participants structure an argument using rhetorical methods. Exchange of values more than opinion, or how they express opinion. Establishing identities in the face of political and economic change. Music as the power to engender strong community feelings . The local is horizontally related to the global. Powers of globalization did not necessarily lead to the homogenization of culture. Culture clashes have released unexpected energies, unleashed creativity, and provided opportunities for counterposing diverse alternatives. Studying the local allows for a window into these alternatives. Challenges the idea that identity is stable and coherent. The local is not necessarily predictable based on the global. Popular culture is not the product of industries. Underlying assumption that cultural industries always know what"s going to sell. Disney knows how to make a movie that kids love. Brass bands frequently used for special occasions. Religious occasions, outdoor sporting events, weddings, and funerals.
