“Okay ladies, now let’s get in formation!”: Music Videos and the Construction of Cultural Memory
This paper explores strategies for constructing and perpetuating cultural memory through music videos, using Beyonce’s Formation (2016) and Janelle Monae’s Many Moons (2008) and Q.U.E.E.N. (2013) as case studies. The medium’s idiosyncrasies create unique ways of communicating and remembering, explor...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Open Cultural Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/culture.2017.1.issue-1/culture-2017-0009/culture-2017-0009.xml?format=INT |