brow-levels
brow-levels is the plural of brow-level.
Meaning of brow-level
Noun
brow-level (plural brow-levels)
- A perceived social affiliation by how highbrow a person’s cultural expression is.
- the central thesis that there is unequal distribution of cultural items across social dimensions is supposed to be upheld. The maps are then read in terms of “brow level,” a shorthand for cultural stratification that mirrors social stratification.2003, Shin Kap-Han, “Unraveling the Brow: What and How of Choice in Musical Preference”, in Sociological Perspectives, volume 46, number 4, →DOI, page 435
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- What is brow-levels the plural of?
- Brow-levels is the plural of brow-level.
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