"I Watched the Child Get Introduced to Violence": Melancholy, Grief, and Self-Making in Earl Sweatshirt’s Feet of Clay
Castle, Mason
2023

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This project examines the intersections of neoliberalism and popular music aesthetics. By treating music itself as theory, this paper examines popular music as a discursive space for the production of alternative politics and subjectivities. Through a qualitative content analysis of Earl Sweatshirt’s 2019 album, Feet of Clay, it is revealed how melancholy and grief contribute to self-making in the context of the artist’s relationship to death under neoliberal capitalism.

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Title
"I Watched the Child Get Introduced to Violence": Melancholy, Grief, and Self-Making in Earl Sweatshirt’s Feet of Clay
Creator
Castle, Mason
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Academic Department
Sociology Department
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38 pages
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Thesis
Subject (Person)
Sweatshirt, Earl, 1994-. Feet of Clay
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Language
English
Year Degree Granted
2023
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Creative Commons: Attribution
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2023-05-23

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