Ideology, Social Commentary and Resistance in Popular Music: A Case Study of Singapore

• Main Authors: Chye, Phua Siew, Kong, Lily
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1996
• Subjects: Popular music; culture; society; Singapore; national songs; Asian Studies; Music; Sociology of Culture
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1729; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2986/viewcontent/IdeologyPopularMusicSingapore_1996.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Popular music as a site of struggles over meaning is focused upon, where the social and political relations between different groups in Singapore society are mirrored. How ruling elites and everyday people make use of the same cultural form--popular music--for different purposes is examined.