CAT 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Revolution Girl Style Now!, Jett Rebel, Clarence Thomas Supreme Court Nomination
Agenda
â—Ź Alternative music and the commodification of style
â—Ź Third-wave feminism and Riot Grrrls
â—Ź Technologies as the means of subcultural resistance
Housekeeping
â—Ź Read They Say I Say Ch 4, 6, 7 for Tues 11/28
Alternative Rock
â—Ź Localized series differentiating themselves from mainstream rock and heavy metal
â—‹ St. Louis - Alt-Country
â—‹ Seattle - Grunge, Riot Grrrl
â—‹ Chicago - Industrial metal
● A return to “authenticity: musically and stylistically
○ “Retro” appeal of 1970s hard rock and punk styles
A Focus on Subculture
â—Ź Alternative styles offer resistance to commodities offered by mainstream music, media
industries, and fashion industries
â—‹ Thrift shops vs. mall shops
â—‹ Local record stores vs national chains/electronics stores
The Response to Resistance
● “Commodification of resistance is a hegemonic strategy”
â—‹ Using the same objects produced by resistance to reaffirm mainstream values
Waves of Feminist Movements
â—Ź First Wave: Suffrage/Suffragist movements
â—‹ Equality in terms of political rights (voting) and property rights (child custody)
â—‹ Late 1800s into late 1900s
â—‹ Organizations in England, US, Egypt, Iran
â—Ź Second Wave: Civil Rights, Counterculture movements
â—‹ Workplace equality, reproductive rights
○ “The Personal is the Political”- Carol Hanisch
Third Wave Feminism
â—Ź A rejection of Second-Wave as classist and essentializing
â—Ź Movement towards allowing women to define femininity on their own terms
â—‹ Not according to masculine standards
â—‹ Embracing differing viewpoints on gender and sexuality
â—Ź Reclaiming pejorative gender terms as symbols of feminine power
â—‹ Publications: Bitch, Bust, Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
● “A proliferation of feminisms” (149)
Riot Grrrl
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Document Summary
Alternative music and the commodification of style. Technologies as the means of subcultural resistance. Read they say i say ch 4, 6, 7 for tues 11/28. Localized series differentiating themselves from mainstream rock and heavy metal. A return to authenticity: musically and stylistically. Retro appeal of 1970s hard rock and punk styles. Alternative styles offer resistance to commodities offered by mainstream music, media industries, and fashion industries. Local record stores vs national chains/electronics stores. Using the same objects produced by resistance to reaffirm mainstream values. Equality in terms of political rights (voting) and property rights (child custody) A rejection of second-wave as classist and essentializing. Movement towards allowing women to define femininity on their own terms. Embracing differing viewpoints on gender and sexuality. Reclaiming pejorative gender terms as symbols of feminine power. Publications: bitch, bust, cunt: a declaration of independence. An alternative to male-dominated alternative genres and scenes. Develops along with the seattle grunge scene.
