ANT322H1 Lecture Notes - Umbilical Cord, Pelvis, Moral Panic
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Revisit geeks and nerds, rockers and hippies. The youth that became part of the beatle culture engaged in real rebellion social, political, cultural. Rebellion was not socioeconomically motivated, was symbolic: was about cutting the umbilical cord that society had maintained intact w teenagers at the time that kept them in a non-child-non-adult state. Rebellion in the 50s was about carving out a new look, talk, walk: cool lifestyle . There was also a sense of moral consciousness a need to make things right in the world. Was called elvis the pelvis because he shook his hips in a sexually suggestive manner. Was often called a white african-american because he was born in mississippi but was exposed to the blues and gospel music of african-american. As previously discussed, he evoked moral panic: carved out a rebel image for him, that absolutely every male teen wanted to emulate.
