Relationship Between Place And Music And The Song Inglan...

The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between place and music and analyze the song â€Å"Inglan is a Bitch† by Linton Kwesi Johnson in terms of place. â€Å"Inglan is a Bitch† exemplifies the link between music and place through its lyrics and sound. First I am going to define cultural geography and discuss how culture is linked to place. Then I will explain local music spaces and why music has a strong sense of place. Next I will analyze how â€Å"Inglan is a Bitch† relates to place. After, I will finish with an overall conclusion. I will be exploring these topics through the readings of Knox and Marston, Connell and Gibson and finally, Watson, Holyer and Mager supplemented by Lecture notes. According to Knox and Marston, culture produces a shared set of meanings and practices, while geography is the place in which groups shape those meanings and practices and â€Å"in the process form an identity† (Knox and Marston 2016, 155). Cultural Geography focuses on the way space, place and landscape shape culture at the same time that culture shapes space, place, and landscape† (Knox and Marston 2016, 155). Cultural geography examines cultural traits, cultural complexes, and cultural regions. (Rutherford 2016). It is a way to understand both landscape and human settlement patterns (Rutherford 2016). In the reading Sounds and Scenes, authors Connell and Gibson suggest that a local music space is a specific place that produces a distinct sound (Connell and Gibson 2003, 90). The