Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis thesis examines the punk music of the Sex Pistols as protest rhetoric. Seven of the songs on the album Never Mind the Bollocks Heres the Sex Pistols are analyzed for their content. The analysis utilizes the theory of symbolic convergence and its coinciding fantasy theme analysis along with ego-function of protest rhetoric. Through the analysis it is found that punk rock is in fact protest rhetoric as defined and explained by the theory of ego-function. The guides of this theory explain the emergence of punk music and the resulting culture. Symbolic convergence theory and fantasy theme analysis examines the messages within the text and how they express the ideas, beliefs, and values of the punk culture. This provides a better understanding of punk culture and the messages communicated in the songs of the Sex Pistols.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Communication Studies
- Grantor dc:publisher
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Year
- 2002
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Byers, Cari Elaine
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Dolores Tanno
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/1423
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-2422