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Popular Culture and the Music of Elliott Smith
Research Paper # 59909
Popular Culture and the Music of Elliott Smith
A look at the sociological implications of the development of popular music, with particular reference to the music of Elliott Smith.
3,533 words (approx. 14.1 pages) |
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MLA | 2005
Paper Summary:
This paper examines popular music from the 60s to the present day as an area of sociological and musicological change. The paradoxical concepts in Elliott Smith's music are discussed in order to highlight the key issues in the development of popular music-- authenticity, mass culture, subculture, standardization and post-modernism.From the Paper:
"The music of Elliott Smith (1969-2003) exemplifies the presence of the Adorno / Benjamin debate in contemporary popular music, most pertinently on XO (1998). This album pivots between authenticity of expression and commercial appeal, mass cultural and subcultural generic trends, and thus between the democratization and the standardization of popular music. Yet, despite its fusion of these paradoxical dichotomies, XO is an unassuming work; indeed, it seamlessly disguises its competing ideologies."More papers on Popular Culture and the Music of Elliott Smith:
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APA Citation:
Popular Culture and the Music of Elliott Smith (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 14, 2012, from http://www.academon.co.uk/Research-Paper-Popular-Culture-and-the-Music-of-Elliott-Smith/59909
MLA Citation:
"Popular Culture and the Music of Elliott Smith" 15 January 2012. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.co.uk/Research-Paper-Popular-Culture-and-the-Music-of-Elliott-Smith/59909>
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Jul 04, 2005 I attended Durham University from 2001 to June 2005, and studied English Literature and Music. I specialised in Virginia Woolf, the short story, literature of the Romantic period, music aesthetics, music sociology, and Music Therapy. I graduated with first class honours.
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