Popular sovereignty

often not properly acknowledged, being one of the most marginalized groups, thus the persistence of the representation of them as being deviant or invisible reflects a power struggle and the desire to assert and maintain control over them. Today in popular culture, a key figure that reflects the continuation of such representation while also presenting us with subversive re-framings, is female rap sensation Nicki Minaj. In medicine and pop culture, there have…

asia Johnson English 131.45 Essay 2: First Version Why I Love Pop Culture Contrary to what many believe, you wouldn’t be who you are if it wasn’t’ for pop culture. Pop culture is the way of life targeted towards younger people. A reason I love pop culture is because it links every person on the planet. It serves as a unifying force for people of all backgrounds. Pop culture includes music, sports, television, fashion, social media, politics, and print. However, the three most influential forms…

For populations which are generally overrepresented in popular culture (such as straight, white, middle-clsas men), there isn’t as much of a need to stretch to connect the media seen to their lives. However, for other populations that have been ignored and systematically oppressed, meaning brings a new light…

Our unit of work focuses on the relationship between popular culture and the Australian society after WWII on the year 10 level for both the humanities and music leaning areas. This topic is part of the AUSVels year 10 history/ geography curriculum and aligned with the 2016 Victorian music curriculum. The main inquiry questions for this unit is: “How has global pop-culture (music, film and T.V.) influenced Australian Identity and society in a post WW2 environment?”. The three key terms for…

Who is Andra Day? Well, Andra Day became popular in late 2012 due to her releasing covers on Youtube (Musictory). She is also a thirty-two-year-old contemporary singer and songwriter. Her music background is R&B and Retro-Soul. In her song; “Rise Up”, Andra uses metaphors, imagery, similes, and a little bit of first person perspective as if she is right there with someone obtaining obstacles. Andra also uses a tone of motivation during the song to get someone through the rough times. In the…

desire it and since of the policies in place by our government. Meanwhile, any issues with clean energy are merely challenges that are required to be addressed, and that we have to be compelled to support clean energy and that we got to modification popular opinion on that. Bill Nye frequently shuts down ideas that he does not like or agree with. This has been shown to make his show poor…

drive, we listen to the radio we hear it in the shopping malls, and at times, we even put popular music as our cell phone ringtones. Even so, popular music has revolved around us in our everyday lives, and almost every pop song released on the radio gets big hits. Why is popular music gaining so much attention? It seems as if popular music is the norm in our society today because everyone listens to popular music. However, what we should really focus on is that pop music should not be considered…

A proponent of Westernization would argue that American popular culture is not making the world less homogeneous, but more diverse. However, American culture is really “‘representing a challenge for cultural diversity’” through the “cultural imperialism” of America (Appiah). In “The Case for Contamination” from…

Music itself is a language. This language is used everywhere and we relate it to everything. For an individual, one language might speak louder then another. The song “Life of the Party” by Shawn Mendes speaks a language that I can relate too. Released in July of 2014, the song was featured on the Shawn Mendes EP and Handwritten album. “Life of the Party” is a song that has an impact on me and has and will have a cultural and historical significance. This song, which is one of my favourites,…

The two words mindset and subculture are used frequently in our daily life. However, few people may notice the relation between them. Mindset is a fixed mental attitude that can foreseen people’s response to a particular situation. Subculture is a group of people share the same background and beliefs that different from the mainstream. Some people state that there is no close relationship between mindset and subculture, but I think the philosophy of subculture includes the philosophy of mindset.…