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Jane Austen, Monet and Phantom of the Opera – middlebrow culture today – The Conversation AU
We asked almost 1500 Australians about the art they liked and disliked. Then we mapped middlebrow culture. We found plenty to enjoy there.
Culture has long been stratified as high or low, or perhaps high and popular to soften the blow. But what about the in-between?
The word middlebrow emerged into English in the 1920s as an insult. It described works that mistook mere good taste for serious art – and consumers who couldnt tell the difference.
We asked almost 1500 Australians about their cultural preferences and participation, and mapped their responses on a spectrum. There is a clear divide between those who dont regularly enga…
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