Dennis Media Coursework

  Wider reading on race and Old Town Road Read  this W Magazine deep dive on the Yeehaw agenda  and answer the following questions:  1) What are the visual cues the article lists as linked to the western genre?  Visual Cues: Cow print Cowboy hats  Rhinestones Fringed suede jackets  2) How did the Yeehaw agenda come about?  Started in 2018 by Bri Malandro who created an instagram account ‘@theyeehawagenda’ which posts about black cowboy aesthetics in pop culture. 3) Why has it been suggested that the black cowboy has been 'erased from American culture'?  Despite black cowboys accounting for 25% of the cowboy population, their role in cowboy culture has not been widely acknowledged. Representation in media has been mainly focused on white cowboys. 4) How has the black cowboy aesthetic been reflected by the fashion industry? Pyer Moss and Telfar both incorporate western inspired looks into their runway shows. These outfits mainly consist of cowb...

  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?  The debate around genre and Old Town Road is whether it should be classified as Country or Rap or a hybrid of both.This debate came to be when Billboard removed Old Town Road from the country charts claiming it wasn’t country enough.  2) What do you learn about the background of Lil Nas X and Old Town Road from the podcast transcript? Lil Nas X is a young black rapper from Atlanta  he bought the beat online and first recorded the song in 2018 Song was uploaded to soundcloud and went viral on tiktok as a meme challenge Lil Nas X claims the song is not a parody and is genuine despite being a meme 3) What is the Yeehaw agenda? The Yeehaw agenda is a trend where black artists embrac...