The Тransition from Popular into “High” Culture: Bob Dylan – Tree Songs of the Early 1960’s
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https://doi.org/10.18485/analiff.2018.30.1.6Keywords:
Bob Dylan, popular culture, 1960s, topical songs, civil rights, racism, storytelling, folk musicAbstract
This paper looks at the work of Bob Dylan, particularly the approach to which he has taken in the creation of his work and his early topical songs from the 1960s. It involves discovering the merit Dylan had in transforming popular music into live media to examine the political and sociological norms of the time. One of the concerns of this paper is to show that Dylan has considered himself to be more of the storyteller than the activist, especially concerning the transfer of popular zeitgeist into “high” culture. In terms of better understanding the relationship between the lyrical mind of Dylan and popular culture, the politically and psychologically grounded histories and Post War America can be explored through the counterculture which Dylan reluctantly came to represent. The paper also explores the civil rights movement, racism, and poverty of the America of Dylan's 1960s and establishes their place and significance in creating his work.
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