Rock 'n' Roll & 20th Century Culture

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Music and Movies

 

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Ruben B

 

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April 20, 2016

 

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University

 

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In order to understand how rock went from a sign of rebellion to a cultural icon, it is necessary to understand where it came from. According to Albert Murray, the African-American musical tradition is "fundamentally stoical yet affirmative in spirit" (Star 3). Through the medium of the blues, African-Americans expressed a resilience of spirit which refused to be crippled by either poverty or racism...
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Through the medium of the blues, African-Americans expressed a resilience of spirit which refused to be crippled by either poverty or racism. It is through music that the energies and dexterities of black American life are sounded and expressed (39). For the black culture in this country, the music of Basie or Ellington expressed a "wideawake, forward-tending" rhythm that one can not only dance to but live by (Star 39)...
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