Response #1 – Respond to the following prompt:
A. Politics can be defined as activities related to getting or keeping power within a particular field. Thus conceived, what political struggles can we identify in the history of popular music we have encountered thus far in class? What results or consequences of those struggles have we seen up to this point in class (i.e., the mid-fifties)?
Response # 2 – Respond to one of the following two prompts:
B. Defend, deny, or complicate the following statement: in terms of society and culture; the music industry; and music itself; “rock and roll” was a definitive break in the history of popular music in the United States.
C. Defend, deny, or complicate the following statement: Stereotypes and fantasies about the U.S. South have been a major theme in the development of US popular music we have encountered in class thus far.
Consult your own lecture notes and discussion notes, in addition to the class readings and Spotify playlists <nickrubin>. Please make sure your answers do not significantly overlap.
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