In Tasneem Raja article,” Dear White Artist Making Music Videos in India: Step Away from The ‘Holi Powder” posted in February 2016, discusses the use of Holi powder in western artist’s music videos. She makes an argument that western musicians do not respect an Indian tradition and instead use the Holi powder as if they were playing games. The context of this article is trying to get western musicians to understand what Holi powder is used for. I personally recommend this article to PopMatters Persuasive Prize. Because she supports her ethos with her own personal experience since she is in fact Indian and knows her own traditions. She also has logos through facts and pathos through her use of words, rhetorical questions, and while getting her …show more content…
Raja uses this to make the readers think they are just playing a game with a bunch of paint. But in fact they are using the Holi powder in a very wrong way. The way the western musicians are showing the world the traditional Holi powder are not the correct. Her type of diction is colloquial since she uses some type of formal writing but also has a bit of slang in it by not having any real formal vocabulary in the paper. Since this is not a formal article she expresses her feelings towards this …show more content…
They need to figure out the real India and not the one people see on the TV. Because it seems that people think that what they see on the TV is always correct and never look at the bigger picture. People in the west do not really want to know what they use Holi powder and just make it seem as it was for nothing but a game of paintball. That needs to change because some people like Raja take that really offensive. If someone was to make a game of a tradition of the same culture as yours then you would feel the same as her. Raja than uses the rhetorical appeal logic when she,” fully get that music videos are largely about escapism, and celebrities dressing up in fabulous clothes, and dreamy landscapes…” (Raja par. 7) Raja gets that it should not be taken so serious because western artist are not doing it on purpose. Its not suppose to be totally correct but they still need to be able to understand what they are They are not educated on this type of culture and they should be given a lesson on it before they do something like use Holi Powder in their music
The logos aspect appears to be the weakest up until her last few paragraphs. Her descriptions and explanation of trigger warnings and safe spaces provide some logos in the beginning, but towards the end is when she begins citing articles on issues that she is discussing. The sources she uses seem to be reliable—The Chicago Maroon, The New York Times, even the University of Chicago’s
is mental, emotional, or physical and specifically through the use of ethos, pathos, and logos.
Ethos and logos are used as an appeal in the essay. It was a story with a lot of emotion which she had successfully handled in the whole essay. She presented the essay in the real life with many facts, she gave poetic touch to her essay because of some of the metaphors she used like we didn 't breathe it. She used both logos and pathos in
The pictures say a lot, however, with petite information. The artwork she displays are somehow complex, and one gets to understand their meaning over time as she uses vivid imagination to bring out facts and fiction together.
She uses testimonial device to bring in the well-known reliable source known as Llewellyn Hinkes-Jones from “The Atlantic” to help support her case. She uses pathos to appeal to her audience’s emotions by pulling on their heartstrings. She uses the logos to provide support to her article which she means to convince her audience by use of logic, reason, or statistics. She uses euphemism to make something harsh or distasteful sound in a somewhat positive way. She uses ethos to convince her audience of her credibility. There are very few weaknesses in her article which are greatly outweighed by the many strengths in
She has very few uses of pathos, but they are direct. Her ethos usage is very strong and Whiteman’s establishment of credibility, at the very beginning, will entice the reader to believe what she’s saying. Her logos appeal is clearly stated, but kairos is not well written either, though she manages to somewhat get it in.
SHe communicates the theme because she is the theme. Her desires and wants capture the theme of society's rules, class, love, etc.
She uses logos when she is talking about how female apes bow to male apes. She says, “So some people will bring up evolutionary biology and apes, how,
Since the explosion of music videos in 1981, a large portion of their popularity has been due to the objectification of women and their sexuality. “Early content analyses showed that anywhere from 40% to 75% of music videos contained sexual imagery”(Arnett, 2002). Hip-hop music videos especially have a reputation of degrading women. In these videos “women are often depicted in positions of submission to men” (Sommers-Flanagan, 1993).On the flip-side Country music videos are “known for [their] socially conservative themes”(Frisby & Aubrey, 2012).
In this essay I intend to explore what is meant by the terms popular culture and high culture. I will also look at how the relationship between these two terms has become distorted and blurred over time. In order to reinforce what I am saying about popular and high culture I will be using a range of examples from the music industry to show how the line between high culture and popular culture has become ambiguous. I will also call upon the work of John Storey to give my work an academic foundation. Although Storey is the main academic I will be looking at, I will also include references to a number of other academics who have written about popular culture and high culture.
Perterson, L.K., & Cullen, Cheryl. 2000. “Hindu symbolism and colour meanings dominate Indian culture and society,” in Global Graphics: Gloucester, Massachusetts:Rockpoint Publishers, pp.175-176.
He was well-educated at a top school which earns him credibility and he appeals to the reader’s emotions when he makes comparisons and analogies to let the readers relate to him and in a sense feel what he’s feeling. Logos is present because the argument makes sense, and it is not a fallacy. These are just a few ways he supports his thesis and persuades the audience of what he believes in.
Bollywood film has opened the gates to Bollywood dance, creating a popular style that spread throughout the world. This style would not have been able to spread so quickly if it not had been for the familiar themes and culture found in the genre. Because of this diverse make-up, Bollywood dance is being questioned, for it cannot be seen as traditional Indian dance if it is made up of so many different cultures and styles. Due to the creation from a wide assortment of cultures and practices, Bollywood dance has been the subject of a controversy focusing on its authenticity. Although it is not pure Indian movements, it has become the face of Indian dance due to accessibility and familiarity.
Matusitz, J., and P. Payano. "Globalisation Of Popular Culture: From Hollywood To Bollywood." South Asia Research 32.2 (2012): 123-138. Print.
Another huge problem that we face today in Bollywood cinema is the idea of an ‘item-girl/song’. An item girl is usually clad in revealing/suggestive clothing in which she gyrates to fast pace music in a vulgar