Why ‘Highbrow’ & ‘Lowbrow’ Don’t Work
Review by Maria Popova
(c) brainpickings, 2011
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Review by Maria Popova
(c) brainpickings, 2011
This entry was posted on 24 August 2011 at 06:37 and is filed under Uncategorized with tags cultural theory, highbrow, lowbrow, Perry Meisel, Popular Culture. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
delirium clemens
24 August 2011 at 06:54
However, those undead terms of “high-” and “lowbrow” are still in use… and they seem to work as a cultural economy (see Bourdieu and others)…
5 September 2011 at 18:48
Just cause it’s simple doesn’t mean it’s not super hplfeul.
5 September 2011 at 19:47
Very true! Makes a chagne to see someone spell it out like that. 🙂
5 September 2011 at 17:04
That saves me. Thanks for being so sesnilbe!
5 September 2011 at 18:39
Now that’s sbutle! Great to hear from you.