Music Video: Postcolonial theory
Wider reading on race and Old Town Road 1) What are the visual cues the article lists as linked to the western genre? The visual cues associated with what could be classified as western —cowboy hats, cow prints, rhinestones, and fringed suede jackets 2) How did the Yeehaw agenda come about? In September 2018, the trend of black pop-culture figures wearing cowboy garb was dubbed the “Yeehaw Agenda” by Bri malandro , a Texas-based pop-culture archivist. 3) Why has it been suggested that the black cowboy has been 'erased from American culture'? Wrangling cattle and the riding, training, and keeping of horses are practices that have been mastered by black Americans since the 1800s, but the impact that African American men and women have had on cowboy culture is not well known. 4) How has the black cowboy aesthetic been reflected by the fashion industry? The fashion industry has emphasised the importance of the black cowboy figure by employing ...