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… though their accomplishments and impact have been understated and unsung. Yet any cursory examination of the history of hip hop reveals countless female music and performers. Some, like Queen Latifah, Missy Elliot, Salt-N-Pepa, Lauryn Hill, and Nicki Minaj, become household words. Hundreds of others remain behind the … Elliot, Salt-N-Pepa, Lauryn Hill, and Nicki Minaj, become household words. Hundreds of others remain behind the scenes, known mainly to audiophiles or serious music historians. Tracing hip hop back to its roots shows how the music genre and its ethos evolved as the counterpart to a broader movement for social and political change. Women have remained at the forefront … deserve, but the artists who have made it their business have paved the way for younger women to take control over their image, music, and branding. Women have at times mimicked their male counterparts, such as through female-led gangsta rap, but……
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Topic
Feminism/Post-Feminism in pop Culture
Search Terms
“feminism pop culture,” “post-feminism pop culture,” “feminist studies current,” and “feminist post-feminist pop culture”
Baer, H. (2016). Redoing feminism: digital activism, body politics, and neoliberalism. Feminist Media Studies, 16(1), 17-34.
This study looks at the influence of … on digital platforms. The main weakness of the article is its lack of discussion on post-feminism and what it means for feminism in pop culture.
Castillo, M. (2019). Hesitating to go see ‘Captain Marvel’? Then you must be a bad feminist. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/03/07/hesitating-go-see-captain-marvel-then-you-must-be-bad-feminist/?utm_term=.e91fad19cb9e
This article discusses … The source is a website newspaper—The Washington Post—and it is relevant to my study because it shows how Feminism can be exploited in pop culture for corporatist gains. The strength of the article is that it calls out the hypocrisy of corporations trying to sell Feminism to … criticism from anyone, whether Feminist or anti-Feminist. The weakness of……
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Sport and Glocalization
Two globally pop sports that have become glocalized are soccer (football) in the U.S. and basketball in the East (China). The glocalization of soccer in the … (Jijon, 2017). The International Champions Cup, for example, has been given an American rendition, with “American promoters and communities taking the world’s most pop sport and infusing it with traditional American sporting values. Club chants have been replaced by pop music that plays over the sound system like at many basketball and baseball games. Marching to the stadium with team banners and flags is … back against globalization are the tradition of honoring sports stars as celebrities rather than as neighborhood heroes, the tradition of blaring loud radio music instead of singing chants in praise of one’s team, and so on. The American tradition is to be loud and bold and yet ……
References
Campos, E. (2017). The glocalization of soccer in America. Retrieved from https://thesocietypages.org/trot/2017/07/20/the-glocalization-of-soccer-in-america/
Jijon, I. (2017). The moral glocalization of sport: Local meanings of football in Chota Valley, Ecuador. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 52(1), 82-96.
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… by Susannah Fullerton – A Review”). Even in later eras, when there was greater social mixing between the genders, social dancing from swing to pop became a way for men and women to get to know one another and physically close when it was forbidden as immoral and ……
Works Cited
“A Dance with Jane Austen by Susannah Fullerton – A Review.” Jane Austen’s World. September 15, 2012. Web. July 2, 2019. https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/tag/regency-dance/
“Types of Ballet.” Pittsburgh Ballet Theater. Web. July 2, 2019. https://www.pbt.org/learn-and-engage/resources-audience-members/ballet-101/what-is- ballet/
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… but can be characterized by deep personal struggles and pain.
2. Fame is a by-product of hard work and commitment.
a. Ally’s young pop career was as a result of her singing prowess and the time she spent with Jackson talking and sharing songs throughout the night. … her singing prowess and the time she spent with Jackson talking and sharing songs throughout the night. She worked with Jackson in writing music, which contributed to the growth of her talent and singing career.
b. “… talent comes everywhere, but having something to say and a ……
Works Cited
Janaraghi, Parissa. “A Star Is Born Best Quotes - \\\\\\'I Think You\\\\\\'re Beautiful.\\\\\\'.” MovieQuotesandMore, 31 Jan. 2019, www.moviequotesandmore.com/a-star-is-born-best-quotes/.
Schramm, Molly. “The 10 Best Quotes from A Star Is Born.” Pastemagazine.com, Paste Magazine, 29 June 2019, www.pastemagazine.com/movies/a-star-is-born/a-star-is-born-best-quotes/.
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