American Protest Songs in The 1960s Laps Prates Amerika 1960-an

• Main Author: Perpustakaan UGM, i-lib
• Format: Article NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2002
• Subjects: Jurnal i-lib UGM
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/23342/; http://i-lib.ugm.ac.id/jurnal/download.php?dataId=6289
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

ABSTRACT The writer of this thesis attempts to explore songs that express the dissatisfaction of the American society toward what was happening in their country in the 1960s. It was very difficult to realize an ideal peaceful society due to the involvement of America in the Vietnam War and the problem of discrimination in America that aroused protests. These protests caused the 1960s to become the era of protest songs. The songs analyzed in this study represent the events happening in America, so the songs portray the opposition toward the Vietnam War and the discrimination against Blacks. The interdisciplinary approach, which involves the history, culture, sociology, and politics is applied in this study. With this approach, the writer of this thesis discovers that the protest songs were not incidentally related to the situation that existed in America in the 1960s. The protest songs emerged as a result of the composer's understanding and their attitudes toward the situation in those years. The result of the study shows that the protest songs acted as the catalyst for the process of Americans' awareness toward the incidents that occurred around them. Those songs also reflected the attitude of some Americans who dreamed of peace, which was also the desire of the composers. The protest songs were topical, since the topic of the songs was related to the situation of America in the 1960s. Keywords: American protest songs Vietnam War Civil Rights Movement .. . ..