Essays about: "music lyrics"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 62 essays containing the words music lyrics.

  1. 6. Music As a Means of Resistance : Rhetorical Analysis of Three Ukrainian Wartime Songs

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Ksenija Ševcova; [2023]
    Keywords : music; lyrics; war; Ukraine; Russia; slogan; symbol; sample; intertextuality;

    Abstract : This study delves into Ukrainian wartime songs of resistance that were inspired by the ‘Russian warship’ slogan. Langer (1953) believes that songs can express emotions that language alone fails to convey. Dynamic interaction of music and lyrics slows down, arrests, and intensifies images and moods. READ MORE

  3. 7. "He drinks champagne during Ramadan": Ethnic performativity among singers with a migratory background in the Eurovision Song Contest

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Tannaz Judith Gakwisi; [2023]
    Keywords : Ethnic identity; ethnic performativity; minority identity; ethnic identity development; Eurovision Song Contest; European Studies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) has become one of the most popular entertainment events in the world. Each year, countries across Europe compete in a competition with original songs. READ MORE

  4. 8. The everyday life of gangster rap

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Teodora Saveska; [2023]
    Keywords : Rap; Gangster rap; young people; social bond theory; labeling theory; social identity theory; social capital; cultural capital; economical capital; subculture; crime; violence; weapons; drugs; sex; we them.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Rap music has been controversial ever since the music genre took off. Themes such as violence, drugs and aggression have been themes portrayed in the genre since a long time ago. READ MORE

  5. 9. On Swear Words and Rap Music: : A Diachronic Study of the Changes in the Use of Swear Words in Rap Music from the 1970s to the 2010s

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Filip Nikitas Metallinos Log; [2022]
    Keywords : Rap; music; corpus; functional categories; swear words;

    Abstract : It has previously been shown that music features progressively more swear words and profanities per word uttered over time, and that rap music is at the forefront of this change. Therefore, this study explores whether there have been significant changes in swear word usage in rap music between the genre's conception (1970s-1980s), its commercialization (1990s-2000s), and its current black rights and personhood movements (2010s), totaling 50 years from 1970 to 2019. READ MORE

  6. 10. Do I Make You Horny Baby? - A musicological analysis of current sexual music made by women in relation to contemporary feminism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Musikvetenskap

    Author : Marie Nemark; [2022]
    Keywords : sexual music; popular music; feminism; female empowerment; self objectification; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : In this study I examine current sexual music, made by women. I focus on songs made and/ or performed by contemporary female artists working in genres - such as hip-hop, pop and R&B - that fall under the umbrella term popular music. READ MORE