Disco polo jako zasób kontrhegemoniczny wobec metamorficznych praktyk wizerunkowo-estetycznych na przykładzie wybranych narracji medialnych
Disco Polo as Counter-Hegemonic Resource Against Metamorphic Image and Aesthetic Practices on the Example of Selected Media Narrations

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses dislike for the music genre called disco polo. This reluctance is evident in the views of many members of the intellectual elite of the Polish society who consider this music kitsch. The attitude towards this music, listened to mainly by the inhabitants of villages and small towns, is an indicator of cultural taste, and thus a sign of class affiliation. If you want to be better, humiliate disco polo listeners. The article shows that disco polo listeners turned out to be a strong anti-hegemonic resource that has not been adapted to the tastes of the upper class. Therefore, it should be degraded, because it presents a new kind of power i.e. esthetic.

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