"But Sh*t, it was ninety-nine cents!" This week's readings encapsulated the past, present and (predictably) future notions of the differentiation between 'high' and 'low' culture. In Huyssen's text, After the Great Divide, we saw (almost in a chronological order) how different movements throughout time heavily influenced said dichotomy of culture. In addition, Seabrook's article about 'Nobrow Culture', defining it as the "space between familiar categories of high and low culture", also mentions said distinction and further includes the concept of branding and hierarchy of price and style, which is where my product of choice comes in (Seabrook, 1999, p.104). I was in my car on the way to the supermarket a few days ago, listening to Kiss FM, when I heard a classic banger from a few years back. I think everybody remembers the song "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore, and in the moment I was just rapping along un...
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