omnivores - peterson & kern

OMNIVORE- showing that the meaning of high status changes, not just the nouns and verrbs

Omnivore

• A person ( usually of high CC) who engages with diverse forms of culture high and low. ( Symbolic boundaries are getting mixed up)
• Has characteristic of being Non-judgmental yet dishonest about their “diverse” consumption
• Current version of snobbery ( more implicit snobbery)
• Cultural openness is form of distinction, is a habitus

Snob

• Limits themselves to engagement with high cultural capital things
• Likes things that are inaccessible and exclusionary
• Believes their tastes are superior, favouring highbrow and exclusive cultural products
• Explicit

Univore

• Consumes a limited range of culture may limit themselves to one type of genre
• Generally those of low CC
• Are more honest about their consumption as they are low CC so they have less incentive to lie

Five Reasons Why shift from snob to omnivore

1. Structural change - increased education, globalization - elite tastes more accesiable
2. Change in values- global migration and social class mobility
3. Art world change- more investment in experimentation and multiculturalism
4. Status group politics- elites become more diverse ( racial and ethnic diversity), elites structurally changing
5. Generational politics- no cohort replacement ( snobby tastes not replaced), young people bring in their tastes and turn them into high-brow tastes as they age

Rockism

• Values
  • Authetnicty, artistry/innovation, personal expression, anti-corporate, masculinity
• Critiques
  • Snobbish, elitist, exclusionary, nostalgic, restrictive, narrow, seriousness

Poptimism

• Values
  • Accessibility, openness, fun, inclusivity, diversity
• Crituqires
  • Reactionary, celebrity worship, insincere/pandering, non innovative/adventorous

READING - peterson and kern

Why is there more ominivoruouness?

• due to cohort replacement and changes among highbrows of all ages

What is ominvorness replacing?

• OMNIVORNESS IS REPLACING SNOBINESS AMONG HIGH BROWS, BECAUSE COHORT DISPLACEMENT AND BECAUSE HIGHBOWS OF ALL AGES ARE BECOME MORE OMNIVORNESS

Findings about high brow tastes in relation to music

• Both cohort replacement and period effects increase highbrows taste fro lowbrow music while only period effects increase their taste for middle brow