Strategic poverty
How social and cultural capital shapes low-income life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12698348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daphne Demetry (0000-0002-3850-3063, Northwestern University, corresponding author), Jessica Thurk (Northwestern University), Gary Alan Fine (0000-0002-2431-1562, Northwestern University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 86-109 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Consumer Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1469-5405 • E-ISSN: 1741-2900 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1469540513493205 |
| OpenAlex | W1990701260 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 38 |
We investigate how material poverty functions as a cultural space, specifically addressing when it becomes a strategy, that is, when an individual with cultural and social capital adopts a life of low income in order to form other social identities. We examine two groups that use low income to further other goals but differ in their temporal lens: (1) “transitional bourgeoisie,” graduate students and artists who frame their economic deprivation as a temporary means to prospective identities, such as a professorship or success in art; (2) “embedded activists,” committed adults rooted in political and religious organizations who see low income as a permanent strategy to bolster their anti-consumerist desires. Relying on 37 in-depth interviews with informants we ask, how do people in strategic poverty construct satisfying lives? What cultural tools and skill-sets do informants draw upon to negotiate their economic circumstances and middle-class backgrounds
Basic needs · Cultural capital · Culture of poverty · Economic growth · Economics · Middle class · Negotiation · Political science · Poverty · Social capital · Social class · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Gender Studies · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |