El papel del rock, en la creación de nuevos imaginarios y prácticas sociales

Abstract

The United States, being a multi-ethnic country, in its first years of history lived many years in which injustice and the lack of liberties was daily living, it was in this context that the first musical manifestations made sense, because in them they expressed stories or requests that if they were told would mean death for the interlocutor. It is difficult to trace exactly from when these manifestations began to occur, but an approximate date can be given that would be the 19th century, when slavery still existed in the United States. To sustain an economy based on this economic system, human trafficking from the coasts of West Africa to the United States was necessary. This forced immigration of people caused the country to enter a new culture that began to mix with the one that was already established and it is at this time that music becomes a form of resistance, since it was the only way or means by which slaves could express their feelings and still keep their customs alive.