Oh Ohhh He's a working class man

working class writers have long been ignored in celebrations and examinations of poetry over time. Significantly absent in all literary canons, working class writers have been producing poetry that is considered beyond the pale. Working class writers face obstacles such as education, long working hours, lack of support to produce or publish their work. "Their work adresses themes which include work, unemployment, poverty, violence, community and family. These themes have been seen as jarring a middle-class sensibility, which is prone to rejecting such realistic accounts of working life as inappropriate concerns of poetry.(Attfield,2007)

As there is limited spaces where working class literature can be published, met with acceptance and appreciation, we have decided to create such a space. This blog is a collection of various working class literature and art forms, in order to give a voice to "the cultural traditions of working life and to explore how these traditions shape the forms and characteristics of literary expressions. (Lauter, 2005)



Attfield, S. ,2009, ‘The Poetics of Class’ from Working class Voices: The Working Class Experience in Contemporary Australian Poetry, VDM: Saarbruken, 40-62


Lauter, P, 2005, ‘UnderConstruction: Working Class Writing’ in Sherry Linkon and John Russo (eds) New Working Class Studies, Ithica: Cornell University Press, 63-77

Thursday, 8 September 2011

He believes in good and evils

                                                            Artist Judith Henry,
                                                  "who I saw in NY, circa 1970-2000"

Judith Henry specializes in the documentation of the working class through her lens.




 
Reminiscent of artist August Sanders who spent his days documenting the people of his 20th century Germany. He collected photographs of brick layers, bankers, soldiers, farmers, even circus artists. His collection was titled, "Man of the twentieth century." 

References: 
Henry, Judith, 2010, Who i saw in NY circa 1970-2000, Judith Henry, viewed on 5th of September, < http://judithhenry.net/theme/projects/who-i-saw-in-ny-circa-1970-2000/>

Smith, Andrew, 2003, August sander, Andrew  Smith Gallery, viewed on 2nd of september, < http://www.andrewsmithgallery.com/exhibitions/augustsander> 

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