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Bayan Ko and Other Songs: The Soundtrack of Philippine Political Activism
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Author(s): Zeny Sarabia-Panol (Middle Tennessee State University, USA)and Rosario Maxino-Baseleres (Silliman University, Philippines)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 30
Source title:
Music as a Platform for Political Communication
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Uche T. Onyebadi (Texas Christian University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1986-7.ch001
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Abstract
Using historical and content analysis, this book chapter examines the role of music in the political awakening of Filipinos through the years. Researchers are mainly interested in popular music and anchor the study on concepts of popular culture and the process of meaning making. This study therefore recognizes the intersection of music as a universal element of popular culture and politics. It argues that politicized music in the Philippines is a contested site where meanings are negotiated and where music of colonizers or a despotic ruler collides with songs of protest or resistance. While samples of the songs that defined various historical periods are analyzed, focus is on the anthems of the student protest movement of the sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties that led to the People Power Revolution. Attention is given to the message and why the lyrics not only resonated but also galvanized Filipinos to action.
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