Reconstructing the Mothership: Meaning and History in the Music of P-Funk

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dc.contributor.advisorKajikawa, Loren
dc.contributor.authorWhitman, Kevin
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-06T21:55:40Z
dc.date.available2017-09-06T21:55:40Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-06
dc.description.abstractDuring the 1970s, the Parliament-Funkadelic collective, or P-Funk, performed a unique type of funk music that impacted the lives and culture of generations of fans. Their music has been a vital force in the developments of popular music, redefining the limits of concept albums and performances, and opened the doors to funk rock, hip hop, and neo-soul. I address the ways in which P-Funk has been received, interpreted, and reconstructed by the diverse constituents of American popular culture from the 1960s to the present. Each chapter explores a discrete interpretive community that has granted meaning to the collective from perspectives of history, music, iconography, consumer culture, and popular entertainment media. The resulting study unifies these threads through their engagement with history and the evolution of P-Funk through time. Ultimately, this thesis seek to shed light on a group that has lacked thorough scholarly attention.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/22760
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectFunken_US
dc.subjectFunkadelicen_US
dc.subjectGeorge Clintonen_US
dc.subjectParliamenten_US
dc.subjectP-Funken_US
dc.subjectPopular musicen_US
dc.titleReconstructing the Mothership: Meaning and History in the Music of P-Funk
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool of Music and Dance
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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