Recent studies about resistance music in the United States primarily focus on the hip-hop movement. However, it does not offer the only musical discourse contesting contemporary injustices. Even though the debate about hip-hop is a crucial one that deserves full attention, it seems necessary to widen the current conversation on music to take into account a wider array of musical genres and artists. This will in turn allow us to see the revolutionary power of music in its full force. In the United States, black music, from the Spirituals to Rhythm and Blues, has undeniably been a potent agent for social change. Because they enable strangers to identify with each other through a common discourse, songs from many different genres have fostered what Benedict Anderson calls “imagined communities.”
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January 01 2008
“I'll Rise”: Rememory, Hope and the Creation of a New Public Sphere In Ben Harper's Music
Delphine Gras
Delphine Gras
University of Washington
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Ethnic Studies Review (2008) 31 (1): 19–31.
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Delphine Gras; “I'll Rise”: Rememory, Hope and the Creation of a New Public Sphere In Ben Harper's Music. Ethnic Studies Review 1 January 2008; 31 (1): 19–31. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/esr.2008.31.1.19
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