[lbo-talk] working class fiction

[Tayssir John Gabbour]

On 1/9/07, Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:
> Finally, regarding the class of literary works appealing to the working
> class - this is equally hodge-podge and confusing.  My impression is that
> this class would contain pretty trashy stuff, such as NASCAR or football
> narratives for working class men, and kitschy romances for working class
> women - for the most part.  I do not know many people who have been
> impressed by the literary tastes of the working class, save for a few
> propagandist hacks from the bygone era of socialist realism.

Hmm, isn't it generally the case in art that innovation generally
flows bottom-up from poorer subcultures to the more privileged ones?
(So basically, an Elvis comes along and legitimizes the innovation to
the privileged.)

I'm not an expert on art history, though...

Tayssir