분노와 절망 속에서 피어난 희망 = 모타운 소울(Motown Soul)과 흑인인권운동

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

By analyzing the social and cultural meaning of Motown Soul-one of the most popular music genres in the US in the 1960s-this paper focuses on how popular music can give hope to people in despair. After the tragedy of the Sewol ferry in South Korea, most popular music concerts and festivals were canceled because these musical events were not seen to be suitable while grieving for the victims. However, some music events were canceled by the central and local governments without considering their potential to offer consolation to people. The bureaucracy believes that popular music is only light entertainment. While popular music is certainly fun and provides joy, it can also provide hope and comfort to people. Among the genres, Motown Soul is a good example of how popular music can give hope to people in despair. Motown Soul was created by the record label Motown in the late 1950s, and it was one of the first recording companies to be established and managed mostly through African-American capital. It was a type of ‘crossover’ music; while it was based on black soul music, it adopted diverse musical elements from white pop music and rock and roll. In fact, Barry Gordy, the founder of Motown, and most of the musicians at Motown hesitated to directly express their political orientation. However, Motown could not help but become the hope of African-American, for Motown soul was the first black popular music, produced and sponsored by a African-American company, to hit the white-centric mainstream music industry. Also, the success of Motown Soul was closely related to the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, a racial, political, and social conflict between whites and blacks. In addition to Motown’s indirect support of the Civil Rights Movement-such as recording poetry and speech albums by civil rights activists-Motown sought, either intentionally or unintentionally, harmony between whites and blacks by producing Motown Soul, so-called a “harmonious sound”. It was loved and enjoyed by people regardless of their race, which showed that popular music and popular culture in general could reduce political and/or social conflict. Motown Soul maintained its identity as a form of black music, but with its harmonious crossover sound it became a hope for a better world for both African-Americans and Whites.

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