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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Rios, Katie
Titre(s) : "This is America" [Texte imprimé] : race, gender, and politics in America's musical landscape / Katie Rios
Publication : Lanham : Lexington Books, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-183 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : Critical perspectives on music and society
Lien à la collection : Critical perspectives on music and society
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"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"
; "In"This Is America": Race, Gender, and Politics in America's Musical Landscape,
Katie Rios argues that prominent American artists and musicians build encoded gestures
of resistance into their works and challenge the status quo. These artists offer both
an interpretation and a critique of what "This Is America" means. Using Childish Gambino's
video for "This Is America" as a starting point, Rios considers how elements including
clothing, hairstyles, body movements, gaze, lighting effects, distortion, and word
play symbolize American dissonance. From Laurie Anderson's presence in challenging
authority and playing with traditional gender roles in her works, to the Black female
feminism and social activism of Beyoncé, Rhiannon Giddens, and Janelle Monáe, to hip
hop as resistance in the age of Trump, to sonic and visual variety in the musical
Hamilton, the subjects are as powerful as they are topical. Rios explores the ways
in which artists relate to and represent underrepresented groups, especially groups
that are not traditionally perceived as having a majority voice. The encoded resistances
recur across performances and video recordings so that they begin to become recognizable
as repeated acts of resistance directed at injustices based on a number of categories,
including race, gender, class, religion, and politics." -- Publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Identité sexuelle -- Dans la musique -- États-Unis
Musique -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis
Race -- Dans la musique -- États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781793619167. - ISBN 1793619166. - ISBN 9781793619181. - ISBN 1793619182. -
ISBN 9781793619174 (erroné) (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb469330575
Notice n° :
FRBNF46933057
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : "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.
