The Songs We Keep: the Pop Music Anthem and American Youth Identity

Authors

Will Christiansen, The College of Wooster

Abstract

This thesis examines how young people in America have used particular songs, 'anthems,' to define themselves in the last fifty to sixty years. The researcher examines the context in which several songs that have remained in the public consciousness became popular, and what it was about a particular song that made it stand out at the time and remembered long after its release. Should be used by students who are interested in looking at the relationship between the arts, particularly music, and society.

Advisor

Gunn, Raymond

Department

Sociology and Anthropology

Recommended Citation

Christiansen, Will, "The Songs We Keep: the Pop Music Anthem and American Youth Identity" (2011). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 1173.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/1173

Disciplines

American Popular Culture | Applied Behavior Analysis

Keywords

anthem, collective memory, group identity, sound, message, grief

Publication Date

2011

Degree Granted

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type

Senior Independent Study Thesis