VPMC83H3 Lecture Notes - Working Class Hero, Tom Waits, African-American Culture
Document Summary
Workin" hard, hardly workin"/ hey man, you know me": tom waits, sound, and the. Explore gender identities in a sincere and believable ways. Both tom waits and bruce springsteen display theatrics of masculinity. Involve individuals with their social conditions to sagisfy the need to theorize relationship between self and others (ego/ personal identity) Association of identity formation with memory (social framework of memory) 1950s american popular music, except blue involved little direct expression of singer"s inner self. Free for rebellion, masculine identities with class of consciousness. Found himself the object of fascination with male sexuality. Questioned limit on freedom of mind and body. Allow display of musical and sexual mastery (superhuman persona) Working class hero represents the voice of common working man. 1950s and 1960s: american popular music provided a medium for the expression of working people in vernacular musical language. More popular with people of colour and women.
