Essays on Music

Greil Marcus’ “Lipstick Traces” is a text that bears musical elements of the early 1970s. The “Sex Pistol” is among the first parts that the text which comprises of a music group that rose in United Kingdom. The songs and the music groups seems to protest against religion and the...

There are many reasons why teens run away from their families. Most of the teens featured in the documentary have dysfunctional families. According to Thompson and Pillai (2006), poor communication, abuse and neglect, interfamily conflict, and dysfunction set the basis for runaway adolescents. Some of the teens are also forced...

The documentary Bitter Lake offers some of the compelling insights that get to the bottom of the mystery behind the never-ending war in the Middle East, particularly in Afghanistan. Contrary to the majority of narratives that have been in existence in elucidating the cause of constant wars in the middle...

In the world of international politics, influence is an irreplaceable component. Political players use a variety of means to win people over including coercion, force, and financial rewarding. In the case of soft power, however, players use cultural and artistic appeal to influence public opinion (Gallarotti, 2011). Art can be...

The Cultural Significance of Television Drama Popular TV drama is able to provide topics for everyday talk, by functioning as a revelatory and emotional, self-reflexive cultural resource. Essentially, in drama, women are able to find pleasure in the validation of their talk. This is because television drama utilizes the same talk...

The documentary Bitter Lake offers some of the compelling insights that get to the bottom of the mystery behind the never-ending war in the Middle East, particularly in Afghanistan. Contrary to the majority of narrative that has been in existence in the elucidating the cause of constant wars in the...

The Article entitled “Policing Morality, (Mano Dura Stylee): The Case of Underground Rap and Reggae in Puerto Rico in the Mid-1990s” by Raquel Rivera illustrates how the policing of public morality contributes to strengthening social consensus and demonizing transgressors, as well as cementing social prejudices, power relations, and oppression structures....

William Gazecki’s “Waco: Rules of Engagement” William Gazecki’s “Waco: Rules of Engagement” released in 1997 is a bleak and unsettling documentary, but a significant one (Boxturtle). It establishes a strong case that the US government involvement in the Waco series of events was a Bill of Rights nightmare. The film presents...

Culture defines how a particular social group lives and makes sense out of their given conditions in life. It refers to practices, values, and ideas a specific group holds to draw meaning in their world. Culture can be constructed from a local or a global perspective (Baker, Robards, " Buttigieg, 2016,...

The voice of slaves is covered in mystery. For the most part, slaves were not allowed to share their experiences and histories as they were illiterate and banned from public communication. As a result, they often came up with songs to depict their experience as well as their struggle to...

The Beatles is one of the biggest iconic forces in the music industry that inspired the world in the 20th century and paved way for other musicians. The Beatles was a four-man band that took the world by storm by revolutionizing the Rock and Roll music. The four-man band from...

Images are often used as a tool of persuasion enticing the public to read your stories. However, the graphical these images are presented, the larger the crowd that is likely pooled to get a glimpse at the story. Music in a novel will provide the rhythm that a reader will...