Mar 21, 2017
Fractured Identity.
Fractured Identity relates to the theory that the ‘self’ is made up of multiple contradictory identities (Barker, 2012, 225) that lead a person to subconsciously take on different personalities under different circumstances. For example, the way in which one behaves in a professional environment in comparison to their personal life.
We see this occur in music in the form of an artist’s alter ego. Some of the greatest musicians have built their careers around a single, or multiple alter egos, in which they emerge as on stage or draw influence from when composing lyrical content and help express the message they are trying to convey (Evans, 2015). David Bowie is a great example of this.