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Dr. Stern wrote a new blog post: Hybrid times   5 days, 12 hours ago

Shame on me. I went more than a month without a post. In my defense, I did spend much of February researching and writing toward my social media pedagogy essay. I still have about 10 days to the deadline for the special journal call I’m working toward. Scrolling through the stacks of my university library, [...]

Dr. Stern wrote a new blog post: My TiVo hates me…and other research opportunities   1 month, 2 weeks ago

So much for less grading translating to more writing. We’re beginning week 3 of the semester, and I still have yet to find a writing rhythm. As usual, my ideas for new papers and conference panel collaborations trump my current projects. The late-night mess at NBC broke during Week 1, and it’s been downhill for [...]

Dr. Stern wrote a new blog post: New year, new goals   1 month, 4 weeks ago

Many changes are in store for Pop Academy, but most will not be visible on this site. For starters, I’m not teaching any courses with required blogging components this semester. Due in part to a changing of the guard with the required lower and upper level theory courses, I don’t have an elective this time [...]

totesmagoats2 wrote a new blog post: Love your Body, you only get one   3 months ago

This blog was created for Pop Culture and Critical Theory.  This group page will cover different individual topics that connect together under “Lifestyle and Community.”  The members of this group are Heather Mahr, Dineen Sampson, DeMarius Bryant and Kelley Finnegan.  The scope of our project will cover celebrities who endorse particular products, how they endorse [...]

conniebeth wrote a new blog post: The Categorical Side of Hip Hop   3 months ago

 

Rap and Hip Hop music is usually consumed by teens and young adults. It is thought to be a more urban genre due to its content, which often describes living in poverty, gang activity, violence, drug use, and often also refers to rising above these things and achieving financial power and respect. The energy and [...]

conniebeth wrote a new blog post: Love Me or Hate Me, Still an Obsession? Race in Female Hip-Hop   3 months ago

 

 

I will be considering Lady Sovereign and Lil’ Mama’s overall presentation of race in hip-hop and rap music.  This will be done by critiquing their style, musical lyrics, and comparing them to a theory of “discursive practices.”  In the Storey   text, Herman Gray mentions three discursive [...]

conniebeth wrote a new blog post: Where does Hip-Hop really come from?   3 months ago

When you think of jazz and the blues, hip hop is not the immediate genre of music that comes to mind.  But, these musical forms lay the foundation for popular hip hop music today.  The blues and jazz are considered black musical forms, brought to America during the period of slavery.  The music caught attention [...]

conniebeth wrote a new blog post: The Content Side of Hip-Hop   3 months ago

Rap music values masculinity and dominance. The masculinity expressed in and valued by rap music come from several sources. Antonia Randolph states that masculinity is,  “shaped not only by dominant culture, but by the repression that characterizes society’s treatment of non-normative sexuality and gender.” The tendency of American culture to value heterosexuality and reject sensitive [...]

conniebeth wrote a new blog post: Negative Impact of Black Female “Video Hoes”   3 months ago

 

“Since their inception, music videos have evolved as a postmodern, commercially successful, and engaging variety of popular media. Through images and sound, music videos both construct culture, and are an ‘expression of culture’” (Williams, 2003). With this expression of culture, especially in the hip-hop genre, involves the women being used as sex symbols to [...]

conniebeth wrote a new blog post: Perceptions of Females in Music Videos   3 months ago

Women in today’s society have made a huge step up from what women went through years ago. Today women hold CEO positions, work in construction, have professions as firefighters and police officers; women have developed a great respect for themselves and have shown that they are more than bakers, cooks, cleaners, maids, chauffeurs, and etc. [...]