Disgusted subjects: the making of middle-class identities
Disgusted subjects: the making of middle-class identities
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-954x.2005.00560.x
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发表时间：
2005-08-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Lawler, S
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作者：
Lawler, S
尽管继布尔迪厄之后，品味的分类维度得到了广泛的讨论，但对被认为违反品味的表达的厌恶较少被认为与阶级有关。本文考虑了白人工人阶级存在的各种厌恶表达，并探索了它们可能告诉我们的关于中产阶级身份和认同的信息。我认为，在这样的陈述中，关于衰落和匮乏的叙述可以从一个长期存在的区分自己的中产阶级项目的角度来看待。借鉴布尔迪厄对康德美学的批判，我认为“品味”的所有权被理解为反映了真正的人性，并赋予了独特性。然而，具有讽刺意味的是，这种独特性只有通过纳入集体的、分类的理解才能实现。我认为，这篇论文呼吁对标准化和正常化的中产阶级位置进行问题化，即通过感觉到阶级本身重要性的下降而赋予其更多合法性。
Although the classed dimensions of 'taste' have, following Bourdieu, been widely discussed, expressions of disgust at perceived violations of taste have been less frequently considered in relation to class. This paper considers various expressions of disgust at white working-class existence and explores what they might tell us about middle-class identities and identifications. I argue that the narratives of decline and of lack present in such representations can be seen in terms of a long-standing middle-class project of distinguishing itself. Drawing on Bourdieu's critique of Kantian aesthetics, I argue that the ownership of 'taste' is understood as reflecting true humanity, and as conferring uniqueness. Ironically, however, this uniqueness is only achieved through an incorporation of collective, classed understandings. The paper calls for a problematization of a normative and normalized middle-class location that is, I argue, given added legitimacy by a perceived decline in the significance of class itself.