militarism

Preacher's Daughter: American Civil Religion and Masculinity in Country Music

Music post by Kristin Rawls on September 30, 2011 - 12:02pm; tagged america, Christianity, country music, Johnny Cash, masculinity, militarism, nationalism, religion.

Toby Keith is back with a brand new ode to God and country called "Made in America" (lyrics):


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Preacher's Daughter: PJ Harvey's Apocalypse Now

Music post by Kristin Rawls on September 19, 2011 - 9:19am; tagged anti-war, capital P politics, cultural critique, female songwriters, masculinity, militarism, PJ Harvey, Protest Songs, war protest.

Last week, I wrote about apocalyptic themes and imagery in contemporary music. In closing out that discussion (at least for now), I use PJ Harvey's February LP, Let England Shake*, as a jumping off point to think about about war as apocalypse. In the album, we encounter a crumbling empire beset by militarism. 

Here is the music video for "This Glorious Land" (lyrics here). It's about declining British empire: 

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