La resignificación del espacio urbano a través de la música pop mainstream

Eduardo Viñuela Suárez

doi:10.3989/arbor.2023.810006

Authors

Eduardo Viñuela Suárez Universidad de Oviedo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5732-6712

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2023.810006

Keywords:

mainstream pop, representation, discourse, urban space, religion

Abstract

Popular music has often worked as a tool to construct discourses and launch messages that challenge social values. Beyond musical genres with an explicit political message, there are numerous examples in mainstream pop music where subtle strategies are used to send subversive messages and create debates on conventions that have been normalized in our culture. In recent years, the popularity of social media has increased the role of music in political discussions, and the growth of audiovisual music consumption through YouTube and social media has made music videos an essential format to shape these messages.

In this article I explore how urban space is used in mainstream pop music to construct discourses capable of creating debate in society. I use the dual conception (physical and symbolic) of urban space as a social construct with cultural connotations, and I analyse how it is used in several case studies, focusing on the representation of religious spaces and imaginaries in mainstream videos.

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