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The author of “Rebellion Through Music� is Heather Wendtland, who majored in sociology and minored in psychology. She addresses the idea of Caucasian females, mainly teenagers, using rap and hip-hop music to express their feelings. The essay was written to analyze and interpret a cultural phenomenon for a second-semester composition class at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I agree with Wendtland that youths of the 20th century use music to show their rejection of authority. However, there are other possibilities as to why youths listen to rebellious songs.

Wendtland uses herself as an example in the passage and has shown that she is inclined towards using music such as rap and hip-hop as a form of rebellion. The songs and lyrics provide her freedom and an outlet to express her innermost feelings which she would otherwise withhold within herself. She also cites other reasons for the love of rap and hip-hop songs. The older generation usually views youths from their......

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