Class Contestations and Australia's Resource Boom: The Emergence of the 'Cashed-up Bogan'

Class Contestations and Australia's Resource Boom: The Emergence of the 'Cashed-up Bogan'

This article examines the figure of the ‘Cashed-up Bogan’ or ‘Cub’ in Australian media from 2006 to 2009. It explains that ‘Bogan’, like that of ‘Chav’ in Britain, is a widely engaged negative descriptor for the white working-class poor. In contrast, ‘Cubs’ have economic capital. This capital, and t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pini, Barbara, McDonald, P., Mayes, Robyn
Format: Journal Article
Published: British Sociological Association 2012
Subjects:
Chav
Bogan
cultural
class
Australia
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43641

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