Rednecks and you

Discussion in 'About the Members' started by Orleander, Jan 23, 2008.

  1. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    has anyone ever seen mexican's truck? They have a ton of crap on it. Extra lights, mudflaps, stickers, etc.
    Or an old man's yard with every conceivable wooden whirly-gig ever to me made?
     
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  3. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    Hmm what about this?

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  5. sowhatifit'sdark Valued Senior Member

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    See now, I get what you see here. I just can't unlock my 'rednecky' from American culture. But I love your images as metaphoric transcultural play with the idea.

    maybe these are kitsch.
     
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  7. sowhatifit'sdark Valued Senior Member

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    I get you, but wouldn't that be Mexican kitsch and not Mexican redneck.
     
  8. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    Its what we call desi bling (or gauti for gaon or village. aka dehati)

    The kind of stuff you see in some parts of the country (the rural representative, though not always rural) who like the COLORS and GADGETS and DECORATIONS. And overdoing it.

    Is the concept right?

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  9. MacGyver1968 Fixin' Shit that Ain't Broke Valued Senior Member

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    Here's an international redneck and his portable computer:

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  10. MacGyver1968 Fixin' Shit that Ain't Broke Valued Senior Member

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    Sam,

    The original term comes from people who work in the fields, bent over, so the back of their necks would be sunburn. It's evolved into a term that means mainly rural people who aren't quite as "sophisticated" as city folk.
     
  11. sowhatifit'sdark Valued Senior Member

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    Taste is involved in the answer. But that thing just does not remind me of redneck aesthetics. I would call it folk art.

    There is something self-deprecating and intentionally low brow about redneck aesthetics. An in your face, so what if it's tacky.

    I would guess the maker of the above thought it was beautiful in terms of its visual appearance, whereas to me rednecky stuff is fun for the redneck often as a collection of signs and symbols. Who gives a shit if it's beautiful is some of the message.

    I think you are getting the related concept of kitsch

    kitsch (kĭch) Pronunciation Key
    n.

    1. Sentimentality or vulgar, often pretentious bad taste, especially in the arts: "When money tries to buy beauty it tends to purchase a kind of courteous kitsch" (William H. Gass).

    gaudy is often part of definitions of kitsch.
     
  12. crazyfreespirit "Custom User Title" Registered Senior Member

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    My family got very very lazy this year and went with the "We don't give a **** how it looks" redneck ideal for Halloween. So, instead of bringing down all the usual decor from the attic, and buying pumpkins...we took an old basketball, drew a face on it, and sat it outside on an overturned bucket covered with an orange Zellers bag. That is about as redneck as it gets folks. Oddly, we got a lot fewer kids coming to the door this year.

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    We took pictures because we thought it was funny, but I don't know where they are.
     

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