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"We're not the same, but that's not important": en diskursanalys av låten Same Love och att tala för andra

Walldén, Yrsa LU (2014) GNVK01 20132
Department of Gender Studies
Abstract
In this essay I analyse the hip-hop song Same Love along with its music video and the cover art for the single. The purpose of the essay is to discuss how Macklemore, the heterosexual artist who has written and performs the song, talks about homosexuality and homosexual identity. I use a discourse analysis inspired by Laclau & Mouffe along with theories about identity politics and speaking for others. My analysis shows that Macklemore uses a rhetoric based on sameness to legitimate his claims, but also incorporates some form of dialogue between himself and the homosexual identities he talks about.
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author
Walldén, Yrsa LU
supervisor
organization
course
GNVK01 20132
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
att tala för andra, hiphop, homosexualitet, identitetspolitik, likhet, speaking for others, hip hop, homosexuality, identity politics, sameness
language
Swedish
id
4250443
date added to LUP
2014-01-24 16:14:27
date last changed
2014-01-24 16:14:27
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"We're not the same, but that's not important": en diskursanalys av låten Same Love och att tala för andra}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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