PAST DISSERTATION QUESTIONS

1. To what extent, and for what reasons, are Jamaica and Reggae music attacked for being homophobic?

2. To what extent did Dance music help equality in society during the late 1970s to the early 1990s?

3. How did politics in the 1960s affect the development of Psychedelia?

4. What is the effect of authoritarian governments on music?

5. How did the government influence the hip-hop movement in the 1990s?

6. Has the media affected gender imbalance in the performance of Indie music?

7. Is Lo-fi aiding or undermining the idea of progression in western contemporary society?

8. How did the commercialisation of hip-hop affect the genre?

9. How does commercialism's relationship to Vaporwave challenge the idea of the artist as originator?

10. How did Blues music affect the society/culture of the African-Americans from the 1920s in the USA?

11. How did Dancehall affect the LGBT community in the 1970s?

12. Does the media's portrayal of Trap affect the success of UK Trap musicians?

13. How did rock  music affect public opinions of the LGBT+ community in the UK?

14. How did New Orleans Jazz challenge inequalities in the south of America in the early/mid 1900s?

15. How did the birth of Bashment in the late 1970s affect the portrayal of Jamaican society?

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