Ethnology of America

As MA student of American studies in INAES/ univeristy of Tehran, iam happy to have this opportunity to share my understanding about cultural studies and ethnology of America which is under Dr. Ameli`s instruction (head of the institution )with all of my classmates and also the people who are interested in this subject.Although iam in the very begining but hope that have fruitfull posts for all the visitors.

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The very first start of my enthusiasm to American studies goes back to my participation in the dialogue group held in Roros_ Norway in 2005. we had one week class of conflict resolution with American students.since that time i decided to focus my proficiency on American studies...

Friday, December 22, 2006

God father died in 73

James Brown an influential figure of American popular music died in December 25, 2006. He was a singer, songwriter, band leader and the record producer who was known as God father of Rap music. His contributions are undeniable in American music especially in Jazz, disco, dance and electronic music and hip hop music. Actually he provided a ground that much of the black music stands on. Hip hop or Rap music is a style of music that came to existence in the United States during the mid -1970 and became the big part of modern pop music in 1980. The hip-hop culture started in the mid-1970’s amongst young African American people. The culture swept the black community like a wind storm. Rap music became the way of expression and speech. Young hip-hop artist started to express their emotions and frustrations through song, music and dance. This new way of communication for young blacks became so popular that it changed the way people think, act, dressed, and communicated. Rappers were able to tell the stories of the struggles that black families faced on a day to day basis. Rap music became known on a national and international level.
This music style was actually a cultural movement from the inner-city youth mostly African Americans in New York City in early 1970. By 1979 hip hop had become a commercially popular music genre and began to enter the American mainstream. In 1990 kind of hip hop music called gangsta rap became common that promoted terrorism, violence, promiscuity, drug use and misogyny. All Eyez on Me (1996) was a highly influential album for the genre and is one of the most successful rap albums. By 2000 hip hop was a staple of popular music charts and was being performed in many styles across the world. This cultural movement also had fashion, slang and other elements like social relationship. This lifestyle had impacts on youth as well. Those were egotism and some of the followers incite anti social behavior like harassment, towards education, rejection of authority, and petty crimes such as vandalism. This subculture insisted on hyper masculinity as well.
This cultural movement not only flowed in America, Europe, and Asia but also to the Middle East countries which are mostly Muslim. When I was a guidance school student I remember the spread of this music. My fiends used to listen to it and being fan of this style was a kind of prestige among my school students. It was not only listening to this music but also it has a life style of its own. I remember during that time they torn their jeans and wear lots of big rings with very horrible pictures on it. Even the T-shirts with Rap sign was very common during that era and even in some schools having any kind of these elements was forbidden. I myself didn’t enjoy listening to this kind of music because it was kind of noisy music that gave me sense of horror. All elements of this cultural movement were not in parallel with my cultural background. To me hip hopism was from the existence a manifest of social grievances.

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