Youth Culture as Political Protest (Jodie’s Presentation)

Key Concepts:
● Cultural resistance
● Cultural hegemony
● Subcultural theory

The Idea of Resistance and Political Protest –

• Culture is what influences people’s hearts, minds and opinions. This is the site of popular change

Key idea: the political, personal and cultural are always intertwined

Cultural Hegemony:

Key words:

● Hegemonic: dominant, ruling-class, power-holders
● Hegemonic culture: the dominant culture
● Cultural hegemony: power, rule, or domination maintained by ideological and cultural means.

– Cultural hegemony functions by framing the ideologies of the dominant social group as the only legitimate
ideology

“Letter To The Free”
(feat. Bilal)
(from “13th” soundtrack)

Common is an Oscar and Grammy award winning hip/hop rap artist who wrote Letter to the Free as a soundtrack to The 13th – a documentary by Ava DuVernay named after the American 13th amendment (the abolition of slavery).

COMMON

Born: March 13, 1972 (age 49 years), South Side, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Net Worth: £45Million

First rapper to win an academy award

Common was formerly known by common sense

Commons genre of music he records is Hip Hop, Neo Soul and Progressive Rap.

Quotes from “Letter To The Free”

“Slavery’s still alive, check Amendment 13”

“We ain’t seen as human beings with feelings”

“Black bodies being lost in the American dream”

“Prison is a business, America’s the company
Investing in injustice, fear and long suffering”