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Podcast: New Books in Critical Theory
Episode: Triauna Carey, "The Revolution Will Be Spotified: Music As a Rhetorical Mode of Resistance" (Lexington Books, 2024)
Description: The Revolution Will Be Spotified: Music As a Rhetorical Mode of Resistance (Lexington Books, 2024) investigates the rhetorical strategies present in mainstream popular music and how those strategies are implemented to empower resistance. Case studies across the genres of popular music in the West are surveyed throughout the book to consider the power of music as a rhetorical tool during cultural flashpoints and times of crisis. Carey analyzes songs such as âThis is Americaâ by Childish Gambino, âAlien Superstarâ by BeyoncĂ©, âThought Contagionâ by Muse, and more to consider the impact of contemporary music on culture and social justice movements. Scholars of rhe...