Popular culture as oppositional culture: rap as resistance

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Cultural minorities have different forms of expressing resistance to oppression. Rap music has emerged as an African American vehicle of expressing opposition and criticism to society's racial and institutional discriminations. A lyrical analysis of rap music artist 'Public Enemy' revealed themes of police distrust, fear of a corrupt system, disenchantment with the health care system and recognition. Rap music was perceived to have prophesied the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

Social aspects, Opposition (Political science), Rap music, Rap (Music), African American artists

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The inner incompatibility of empire and nation: popular sovereignty and decolonization

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The role of metropolitan political theories and institutions in decolonization is examined. The experience of western countries are compared to show this. In those empires were popular sovereignty was stressed, decolonization came as a result of conflicts between theory and practice. On the other hand, dynasties such as that of Spain's and Portugal's declined due to external factors such as new ideas and wars.

Analysis, Sovereignty, Nationalism

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Decoding Will and Grace: mass audience reception of a popular network situation comedy

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The popular network television comedy, Will and Grace, was the first television series that focused on the intimacies of an urban gay male culture and achieved significant criticism and rating success as the lead character of the series was a homosexual. It was concluded that such shows would be useful in making gays more familiar and less the others to the heterosexual audience.

United States, Television programs, Criticism and interpretation, Will and Grace (Television program)

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