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Narrative Representations of Gender and Genre Through Lyric, Music, Image, and Staging in Carrie Underwood’S Blown Away Tour
COUNTRY CULTURE AND CROSSOVER: Narrative Representations of Gender and Genre Through Lyric, Music, Image, and Staging in Carrie Underwood’s Blown Away Tour Krisandra Ivings A Thesis Presented In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree Master of Arts in Music with Specialization in Women’s Studies University of Ottawa © Krisandra Ivings, Ottawa, Canada, 2016 Abstract This thesis examines the complex and multi-dimensional narratives presented in the work of mainstream female country artist Carrie Underwood, and how her blending of musical genres (pop, rock, and country) affects the narratives pertaining to gender and sexuality that are told through her musical texts. I interrogate the relationships between and among the domains of music, lyrics, images, and staging in Underwood’s live performances (Blown Away Tour: Live DVD) and related music videos in order to identify how these gendered narratives relate to genre, and more specifically, where these performances and videos adhere to, expand on, or break from country music tropes and traditions. Adopting an interlocking theoretical approach grounded in genre theory, gender theory, narrative theory in the context of popular music, and happiness theory, I examine how, as a female artist in the country music industry, Underwood uses genre-blending to construct complex gendered narratives in her musical texts. Ultimately, I find that in her Blown Away Tour: Live DVD, Underwood uses diverse narrative strategies, sometimes drawing on country tropes, to engage techniques and stylistic influences of several pop and rock styles, and in doing so explores the gender norms of those genres. ii Acknowledgements A great number of people have supported this thesis behind the scenes, whether financially, academically, or emotionally. -
THE MUSICAL FEATURES of 2015'S TOP-RANKED COUNTRY SONGS
THE MUSICAL FEATURES OF 2015’s TOP-RANKED COUNTRY SONGS By Mason Taylor Allen Senior Honors Thesis Department of Music University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill April 22, 2016 Approved: Dr. Jocelyn R. Neal, Thesis Advisor Dr. Allen Anderson, Reader Dr. Andrea Bohlman, Reader © 2016 Mason Taylor Allen ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ii ABSTRACT Mason Taylor Allen: The Musical Features of 2015’s Top-Ranked Country Songs Under the direction of Dr. Jocelyn R. Neal The 2015 top-ten country songs analyzed in this study are characterized by the various formats of their song form, harmonies, and lyrics. This thesis presents a comprehensive study of the structure and narratives in sixty-seven songs that summarizes the distinctive features within those domains of contemporary commercial country music. A detailed description of the norm along with identifiable trends emerges. The song form that features most prominently in this repertory includes a verse-chorus-bridge form with three iterations of the chorus, an intro and outro section, and instrumental sections immediately following each chorus. The top-ten country songs have varying degrees of departure from this typical model. Primary features of the harmonies of these top songs include the frequent use of a double-tonic complex, the absence of a 5-1 authentic cadence, the same chord progression throughout the verse, chorus, and bridge, and the use of only two chords throughout the song. Lyrical analyses show that 2015 songs are continuing the traditional themes about romantic attraction, love, heartache, good times and partying, home, family, nostalgia, religion, and inspiration, within the context of small-town country life that this genre has used for years. -
Meet the Fourth Wave a New Era of Environmental Innovation Gives Us Powerful New Ways to Protect Nature
Solutions Vol. 49, No. 3/ Summer 2018 Meet the Fourth Wave A new era of environmental innovation gives us powerful new ways to protect nature Page 8 EDF’s MethaneSAT, expected to launch within three years, will measure pollution from space. 6 SDispatches 148 Healthy S 1217 SA guide to 1418 SClimate and from EDF’s fisheries means the midterm social change legal war room healthier wildlife elections in India DEPARTMENT STANDING HEAD Partners in preservation Ending tropical forest loss would reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by about 15%. In Brazil, where two football fields of rainforest are destroyed every minute, beef ranching is the main source of deforestation. EDF is sending a powerful signal to Brazil’s producers and governments that their biggest buyers, including McDonald’s and Unilever, prefer sustainably grown beef and soy. With our corporate partners and local communities, we are working to eliminate illegal deforestation in the state of Mato Grosso by 2020, even as we expand agricultural production. 2 Solutions / edf.org / Summer 2018 LOOKING FORWARD The Fourth Wave of environmentalism Recently, at a TED Talk in Vancouver, British Columbia, I announced a plan for EDF to develop and launch, within three years, a new Environmental Defense Fund’s mission satellite—MethaneSAT—to identify and is to preserve the natural systems on which all life depends. Guided measure methane emissions from human- by science and economics, we find made sources worldwide, starting with the practical and lasting solutions to the oil and gas industry (see p. 10). most serious environmental problems. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas; Our work is made possible by the emissions from human activities are respon- support of our members. -
FALL 2011 Table of Contents
FALL 2011 Table of Contents Park District Map ................................... 2-3 Park District Contacts ..............................65 Fall Special Events ............................. 29-35 Affiliate Programs .....................................62 Art ............................................................37 Before and After School Care ..................61 Birthday Parties ..........................................4 Childcare and Preschool ..................... 59-60 Cooking ....................................................39 Cricket ......................................................49 Dance ................................................. 26-28 Dogs and Dog Park ..................................38 Early Childhood Programs ................. 55-58 Emily Oaks Nature Center ........... 20-23, 58 Exercise ..............................................10, 13 Exploritorium .............................................5 Fencing .....................................................49 Figure Skating .................................... 44-45 Fitness First! Health Center ................... 8-9 Flag Football ............................................49 Golf .................................................... 40-42 Gymnastics ...............................................53 Hockey ............................................... 44-45 Hot Shot Sports ................................. 50-53 Martial Arts ..............................................54 Movies in the Park ...................................31 Music ........................................................36 -
Featured Read for November
Read, watch, relax ROSANNE CASH On The List, her 12th studio album, the singer covers 12 tracks from a canon of essential country songs that her father, Johnny Cash, gave her in 1973. The CD includes “Sea of Heartbreak” (featuring Bruce Springsteen) and Turn on the music “Long Black Veil” (with Jeff Tweedy). STING CARRIE BEE GEES Dedicated to the UNDERWOOD Honoring the brothers musician’s favorite The American Idol Gibb on the group’s season, If on a Winter’s alum this year became golden anniversary, the Night… mixes the the first country artist double-disc Ultimate traditional music of the ever to have 10 singles Bee Gees collection British Isles with two of from her first two features their biggest his own classical gems, “Lullaby for an Anxious albums hit No. 1 on the charts. Her third album hits as well as their version of songs, such as “If Child” and “The Hounds of Winter.” is her latest since Carnival Ride in 2007. I Can’t Have You,” that they wrote for others. OLINA M ASHVILLE, TONY N A Curl up with a book T RIS A WHISTLIN’ DIXIE AIN’T TOO PROUD TO BEG IN A NOR’EASTER By Susan Donovan ORDINGS/ C By Lisa Patton Thirty-five-year-old Josie Sheehan and three other E R When a man uproots his family single women in her dog-walking group vow to from Memphis, Tenn., to find happiness without men. But then Josie meets HOLAS, 19 C Vermont to fulfill his dream of Rick Rousseau, a pet company CEO, and her I N . -
Visual Metaphors on Album Covers: an Analysis Into Graphic Design's
Visual Metaphors on Album Covers: An Analysis into Graphic Design’s Effectiveness at Conveying Music Genres by Vivian Le A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University Honors College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Accounting and Business Information Systems (Honors Scholar) Presented May 29, 2020 Commencement June 2020 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Vivian Le for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Accounting and Business Information Systems presented on May 29, 2020. Title: Visual Metaphors on Album Covers: An Analysis into Graphic Design’s Effectiveness at Conveying Music Genres. Abstract approved:_____________________________________________________ Ryann Reynolds-McIlnay The rise of digital streaming has largely impacted the way the average listener consumes music. Consequentially, while the role of album art has evolved to meet the changes in music technology, it is hard to measure the effect of digital streaming on modern album art. This research seeks to determine whether or not graphic design still plays a role in marketing information about the music, such as its genre, to the consumer. It does so through two studies: 1. A computer visual analysis that measures color dominance of an image, and 2. A mixed-design lab experiment with volunteer participants who attempt to assess the genre of a given album. Findings from the first study show that color scheme models created from album samples cannot be used to predict the genre of an album. Further findings from the second theory show that consumers pay a significant amount of attention to album covers, enough to be able to correctly assess the genre of an album most of the time. -