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Postcolonial theory: blog tasks

  1) What are the visual cues the article lists as linked to the western genre?  Cowboys, horses, guns  2) How did the Yeehaw agenda come about?  Came about in 2018 celebrating black cowboys  3) Why has it been suggested that the black cowboy has been 'erased from American culture'?  Due to misrepresentation as primarily it was white cowboys  4) How has the black cowboy aesthetic been reflected by the fashion industry? Through the western accessories like cowboys hats, guns, horses  5) Read the section on Lil Nas X and Old Town Road. What does it suggest about race and the country music community? Even though it reached billboards it was taken down due to the genre racial biases and the challenges faced by black artists  6) What elements of the song and music video are suggested to be authentically country and western? The start of the video in the Wild West setting with horses, cowboy outfits and guns  7) What genres of music does the a...

Lil Nas X - Old Town Road: Blog tasks

  Background and cultural contexts Read  this Vox feature and podcast transcript on Lil Nas X and Old Town Road . Make sure you read the whole thing - including the podcast transcript - then answer the following questions:  1) What is the big debate regarding Old Town Road and genre?  If it’s country music or hip hop  2) What do you learn about the background of Lil Nas X and Old Town Road from the podcast transcript? Lil nas x came from a poor background and it didn’t have billy ray Cyrus originally  3) What is the Yeehaw agenda? Celebrating black cowboy culture  4) How did the story become a debate about race in America? As hip hop was mainly black and country mainly white music  5) How does Charlie Harding sum up the whole thing in the final part of the podcast transcript? That’s it’s not a country culture song but a internet generation  Now  read this Salon feature on Lil Nas X and LGBTQ+ identity . Answer the following questions: 1)...