La distinction
by Pierre Bourdieu, Tony Bennett - undifferentiated · first published 1979
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…managing boundaries that do not just define others but that also define ourselves. Status symbols — silk shells, designer shoes, luxury handbags — become keys to unlock these gates. Pierre Bourdieu's "La Distinction" is a great text that investigates this topic in depth. It's (among other things) about taste. How it's inherited through generations, how it's a gatekeeping tool for jobs and status. What you wear isn't…
on “The Logic of Stupid Poor People (2013)” ↗A lot of the reactions in this thread remind me of Bourdieu's book La Distinction. It's one thing to say that these songs are algorithmic and not deeply creative which is objective fact, it's another thing to say the songs are crappy, not good to listen to and indicative of poor taste.…
on “Hit Charade” ↗