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Street, John 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9650-063X
(2003)
'Fight the Power': the politics of music and the music of politics.
Government and Opposition, 38 (1).
pp. 113-130.
ISSN 1477-7053
Abstract
Popular music has a long and varied association with politics. It has provided the soundtrack to political protest and been the object of political censorship; politicians have courted pop stars and pop stars — like Bono of U2 — have acted as politicians. But although these more familiar aspects of pop's connections to politics have been noted in passing, they have not received a great deal of academic attention, and there are other aspects of the relationship — the state's role as sponsor of popular music, for instance — which have been largely ignored. This article explores the various dimensions of the interaction between popular music and politics, and argues that the study of music can contribute to our understanding of political thought and action.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Cultural Politics, Communications & Media Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Policy & Politics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy |
| Depositing User: | EPrints Services |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2010 13:56 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2023 13:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/9269 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1477-7053.00007 |
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