studyontheinclusivityofamericanculturefromtheperspectiveofamericancountrymusic’sdevelopmentvgjq2.doc

PAGE Study on the Inclusivity of American Culture from the Perspective of American Country Music’s Development从美国乡村音乐的发展看美国文化的包容性ByZhangSupervised byProf. Duan May20th, 2011College of Foreign Languages and CulturesChengdu PAGE iiStudy on the Inclusivity of American Culture from the Perspective of American Country Music’s DevelopmentStudent: Zhang Class: 2007110103Supervisor: Prof. DuanAbstractAs we know, country music is very popular in the whole world. More and more people are crazy about it. However, there is no doubt that many people think the country music is a kind of American native music and audiences from the whole world even consider country music as a patent of America. In fact, people hold a mistaken idea. If we look into the origin and development of country music, it will be known that country music is not so special only to Americans. Country music absorbed essence of foreign music cultures. When people created country music, they more or less added different elements to the country music with creativity. In this aspect, we can find out the inclusivity of America culture.The whole thesis falls into three parts. The first part is about its relationship between country music and American cultural inclusivity. We can learn from this part about origin of this native music, exploring how cultural advantages accelerate the development of culture. The second part covers the different stages of development. We can learn from this part that country music has been recreated for a long time. In every stage, the cultural inclusivity plays an important role in promoting country music .The last part is a general introduction of the present situation of country music. This part will focus on the current trend of country music and discuss some thoughts about American cultural inclusivity. This paper discusses the origin and development of country music and how it is accepted by American people even the world people