Brow-level

the central thesis that there is unequal distribution of cultural items across social dimensions is supposed to be upheld. The maps are then read in terms of “brow level,” a shorthand for cultural stratification that mirrors social stratification.

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Clear determination of the brow level of a text was also dubious, both because the level of reflection with which one addressed a given text affected the experience and because the wider culture’s ranking of the brow status of cultural productions often changed over time.

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Reverse snobbery is just another form of snobbery, after all – it’s a peril at any brow-level – and corrosive tides of partisanship along left wing/right wing, liberal/conservative, populist/elitist divides are rising not just in global political discourse, but in the cultural discussion too.

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