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- Title
SOUTHERN ROCK MUSICIANS' CONSTRUCTION OF WHITE TRASH.
- Authors
Eastman, Jason T.; Schrock, Douglas P.
- Abstract
Based on interviews, song lyrics, websites, and observation of concerts, we examine how southern rock musicians construct themselves as poor, rural, white men. While popular culture often uses negative stereotypes to degrade poor whites, we show how southern rock musicians reclaim what they view as positive attributes of "white trash." They do this by embracing symbols of southern white trash (including the confederate flag), glorifying rural poverty, and celebrating drunken violence. We bring a focus on capitalism into our analysis by uncovering how class is central to southern rockers' racialized and gendered identity work, situating them as marginalized workers in a culture industry, and drawing out implications for class reproduction.
- Subjects
SOUTHERN States; UNITED States; ROCK groups; MUSICIANS; CAUCASIAN race; CAPITALISM; SOCIAL classes; MUSIC; MANNERS &; customs
- Publication
Race, Gender & Class, 2008, Vol 15, Issue 1/2, p205
- ISSN
1082-8354
- Publication type
Article