CMST 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Dumpster Diving, Haute Cuisine, Hobo
29 Mar 2017
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Keepin" it classy: cultural capital and poverty appropriation. What does pbr signify, there"s an idea of irony. Choice to dress like that: dress like a hobo with aesthetic of course or u know dress like a hobo because you"re broke as shit. And it"s not just the tiny house movement that incites my discontent. From dumpster diving to trailer-themed bars to haute cuisine in the form of poor-household staples, it"s become trendy for those with money to appropriate the poverty lifestyle and it troubles me for one simple reason. Choice. : july westhale, the troubling trendiness of poverty appropriation . There"s a diference wearing jeans today and not. We have a choice to put things in private spaces or out of sight cultural capital, and knowledge. We either choose not to watch tv or not have enough time to watch it. My role models are artists, merchants, less than ten that i can name in history.
