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"This is America" : race, gender, and politics in America's musical landscape

Title
"This is America" : race, gender, and politics in America's musical landscape / Katie Rios.
Author
Rios, Katie
Publication
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]

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TextUse in library JNE 22-89Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Description
xi, 183 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"In "This is America," Katie Rios considers current American artists who build encoded gestures of resistance into their works. These gestures recur across images, live performances, and videos, becoming recognizable acts of resistance leveled at injustices based on a number of categories, including race, gender, class, religion, and politics"--
Series Statement
Critical perspectives on music and society
Uniform Title
Critical perspectives on music and society.
Subject
  • Popular music > Political aspects > United States
  • Resistance (Philosophy) > Political aspects
  • Music and race
  • Gender identity in music
  • Music > Religious aspects
  • Social classes
  • Popular music > Political aspects
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"We're Drowning in Our Own Stories" : Laurie Anderson's Call to Artists and Her Performance Art as a Commentary on Current American Democracy -- "At the Intersection of Racism and Sexism" : The Encoded Resistance and Social Activism of Beyoncé, Rhiannon Giddens, and Janelle Monáe -- "We the People?" Hip-Hop as Resistance in the Trump Era -- '"Look Around," "History Is Happening" : Heterogenous Topics in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton.
Call Number
Sc E 22-544
ISBN
  • 9781793619167
  • 1793619166
LCCN
2021024328
OCLC
1255522553
Author
Rios, Katie, author.
Title
"This is America" : race, gender, and politics in America's musical landscape / Katie Rios.
Publisher
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Critical perspectives on music and society
Critical perspectives on music and society.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Rios, Katie. "This is America" Lanham : Lexington Books, 2021 9781793619174 (DLC) 2021024329
Research Call Number
Sc E 22-544
JNE 22-89
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