Middle-Class Stereotypes

Glenn Frey, the co-founder of the Eagles, was a middle class kid living in the midwest. He dreamed of acquiring tremendous wealth in Los Angeles, but later realized that there are more important things than money. In their song, Hotel California, originally titled Mexican Reggae, they (The Eagles) express this idea to their audience through lyrics that convey the idea that there are more important things than just possessions, and there are negatives to the “American Dream. The audience in this could be the average person, yet, the rhetorical devices in The Eagles’ “Hotel California” are intended to reveal to the audience that there are negatives to the American Dream, and you shouldn’t change who you are in order to make it rich.

Songs impact many people and can be used to capture a specific moment or feeling in time. The song “Billionaire” by Travie McCoy and Bruno Mars talks about having it all and how they want wealth so badly. This song captures what a lot of people today believe about being rich and why they want it so bad. Songs about wealth is not anything new. The song “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” by Bessie Smith, was almost an anthem for people of the time because it captured their life perfectly. It talks about having wealth and living care free but then losing it. When this song came out, the Harlem Renaissance was occurring.

This song implies that individual’s are violating the norms and values of society. They start the song with a verse that expresses

The Middle, is a sitcom about the Heck family. The show focuses on a family of five and their tight finances, overscheduling, communication issues, and balancing work, and family time. The episode’s setting was spring break. After making some extra money, Mike surprises his family with a spring break vacation at Mammoth Cave. His wife, Frankie gets another family to join the. While Mike visits all of the attractions on his own, Nancy and discuss their children’s lives. Axl makes Brick help him pick up women and Sue reveals her summer plans of moving away.

These lines start out a song about finding what you are worth and what drives us. It’s lines also remind us about how the Great Depression took everything away from many people. Women and foreign born people had it the hardest when the wave of unemployment started. They were the first to go. Mothers couldn’t pay for food for their children and foreigners were looked at as scum. Women were also responsible for the families money, and they too cut costs by firing house workers. Many racist people would not hire African Americans and Native Americans were swept

Country music has proven as a powerful medium to express the views of the contemporary culture. As a result, the lyrical value of such songs provides listeners an insight to the changing climate of social and political ideologies. During the 1960’s defined gender roles dictated social lifestyles and were mimicked in music. In recent years, a resurgence of idealistic, stereotypical gender-specific roles have cropped up in country songs, creating a subgenre labelled “bro-country.” Jody Rosen of the New York Times first coined the term “bro-country” in order to describe songs that use lyrical tools glorifying prevailing, hegemonic gender roles present in culture. Songs such as Tim McGraw’s “How I’ll Always Be,” Luke Bryan’s “Huntin’, Fishin’, Lovin’, Every Day,” Sam Hunt’s “Make you Miss Me,” and Dierks Bently’s “Different for Girls” use the lyrical discourse, under the lens of “bro-country”, to highlight dominant, male gender-specific roles, while simultaneously reinforcing prominent, often negative, views of women.

Since its inception, country music has proven to be? as a powerful outlet to express the view of the contemporary culture. As a result, the lyrical value of such songs provides listeners an insight to the changing climate of social and political ideologies. During the 60’s defined gender roles dominated social lifestyle and was were? mimicked in music. In recent years, a resurgence of idealistic, stereotypical gender-specific roles have cropped up in country songs, creating a subgenre labelled “bro-country.” Jody Rosen of the New York Times first coined the term “bro-country” in order to describe songs that use lyrical tools idealizing dominant, hegemonic gender roles present in culture. Songs such as Tim McGraw’s “How I’ll Always Be,” Luke Bryan’s “Huntin’, Fishin’, Lovin’, Every Day,” Sam Hunt’s “Make you Miss Me,” and Dierks Bently’s “Different for Girls” use the lyrical discourse, under the lens of “bro-country”, to highlight dominant, male gender-specific roles, while simultaneously reinforcing prominent, often negative, views of women.

At the same time, the poor populations would in fact view this as their raw reality, and remain as positive as the song. With these lyrics, the message becomes apparent that the poor of the 1920's found solace in the fact that they literally had nothing to

While not all people may have this vision, the typical person’s ideal future includes hitting significant milestones such as finding ‘the one’, getting married, and starting a family. This song appeals to the aspects of that dream many people often have, no matter what their political perspective may be. Carrie Underwood’s song is a great example of a country track which proves the genre is not only for conservatives, but rather for all human beings, because most individuals strongly value family and interpersonal connection no matter their political perspective, and

How do you think you fit in this country? Are you a low class member, or a high class member, or are you a middle class member. I believe I'm in the the subcategory of the middle class particularly the lower end.

After reading these statistics, it really made me think about how unfair this country really is. Everyone always talk about how fair we are and how everyone has an equal chance but after seeing the stats, it doesn’t look that way. I feel like there are underlying assumptions being made when he says, “the chances of being a poor citizen, or even a middle-class citizen, making it to the top in America are smaller than in many countries of Europe.” For me that is kind of hard to believe because that just doesn’t make sense, but it is true that really scares me. As a young adult about to “head off into the world,” these statements make me feel not as ready to be out there in the world. I thought was I was pretty ready, having a part

There are many different types of jobs in the world; some of which people feel are better than others. Factors like the amount of money and amount of education affect the stereotypical perception about certain jobs. There are two different types of work, blue-collar and white-collar. Blue-collar jobs are seen as the “working class”. The “Working class” refers to low-wage workers that are void of a college education, who struggle to get by economically. It is also perceived that the “Working class” is lazy, unproductive failures who have limited upward mobility, or relics of earlier era of industrialization. It’s important that people realize the amount of skill level it takes to do different types of jobs, and although pay may not reflect the effort or the soft and technical skills needed, or physicality that is respective for those jobs; these jobs should be viewed respectfully. Jobs like cashiers and waitressing have a bad reputation, but they take a certain skill level that people have to develop just like any other white-collar job. People skills, public speaking, ability to sell items on the menu, multi-tasking, and so much more are necessary to be a success in this type of career choice or job. Matthew Crawford talks about this in his book, along with Mike Rose, on how there is a lack of appreciation and respect for the skill set it takes to do blue collar jobs, and how the stereotypically stigma couldn’t be further than the

Sunday after church, on a quiet balmy summer day, dinner is fresh, hot, and ready for immaculate consumption. After clearing the table, the men adjourn to the front porch to talk politics, church, and relax after a long week of satisfying the burdensome requirements of familial responsibilities. After all, what man is there who would not rather be fishing? The women, on the other hand, scurry in the kitchen, do the dishes, clean up, and put things away; while repeating the local gossip about who is seeing who; who should and who should not be marrying who. These images may appear out of Norman Rockwell or Mayberry R.F.D. U.S.A., but they are the images the American country music industry and fans envision of themselves. These perceptions

The song expresses how people are not living up to society's values and norms. It suggest that the socialization is at fault and that they contribute to improvement of self being. The song implies the way society goes against values and norms by one of the very first lyrics in the song. The lyric goes, “What’s wrong with the world, mama, People livin’ like they ain’t got no mamas…” (lines 1-2). This makes one aware of the lack of values in one's family. Values is the belief or an idea that a person or group has to determine is correct or not. Another verse of how the band shows one disobedience of the values and norms comes toward the middle of the song. “People killin', people dyin’, Children hurt and you hear them cryin, Can you practice what you preach, And would you turn the other cheek…” (lines 50-53). These verses show of society has failed to act stable and logical way that society once viewed as correct living. These actions show that citizens have not lived up to the expectations of society. Social norms are likes the laws of society. Laws are things that are illegal behaviour and norms are like behaving in a way society wouldn’t like. For example being in gangs, like the bloods, or the crips, or a big group that goes against society's norms like racial groups. An example of a racial group would be the KKK.

Growing up i had to grow up faster than other kids because my mom always had to work so i had to watch my brothers and make sure they eat and get there school clothes ready and mines too some nights i even had to tuck them in at night. My favorite song when i was young was Tupac Shakur Dear Mama cause he just explained all the obstacles him and his single mother had to go through. It just made me remember all the nights me and my mother struggled and didn’t know how bills would be payed or what the next meal will be. This song is a cultural lens criticism i feel like this song is a cultural lens criticism cause it’s a lot of people who probably went through some of the same problems or similar problem.