Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 10:51:52 +1000 (EST)
From: "Glen Fuller" <g.fuller-AT-uws.edu.au>
Subject: [BOU:] appropriating horizontal difference


Sharon,

> This also makes me think of an article in Douglas
> Holt's Consumer Society Reader about white and African
> American teens in nearby towns using style as an
> attempt to bridge the gap between cultures. THe white
> teens, who love the "excitement" they associate with
> gansta rap, are critiqued for identifying with the
> style (language, music, mannerisms) of a lifestyle
> they don't really understand--thinking they
> "understand" when their privilege keeps them safe from
> the real dangers of the street. It's an interesting
> article, though it doesn't really address this re:
> Bourdieu.

I would be very interested to see what other non-newbie members of this 
list have to say about appropriation. For me it seems as if the notion 
of appropriation would be untenable in the way Bourdieu discourses 
symbolic capital. Why? Because there would have to be an alternate 
hierarchy of what is charismatic or even desirable. It could be thought 
of in terms of how you say "of a lifestyle they don't really 
understand" or it could also be thought of in terms of them (boys in 
the burb) always already having a full understanding of what lifestyle 
they are living, however you would have to do away with the notion of a 
linear in/correct understanding. 

> I'm intrigued by this idea of horizontal rather than
> vertical distinction. In what texts of PB would I find
> more about this "axis"?

I would like to know too!! I don't think there is a horizontal 
difference... at least in Bourdieu.

Ciao
Glen.
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