Bogan Pride
| Pronunciation | /ˈboʊ.ɡən/ (ボウガン) |
|---|---|
| Part of Speech | noun |
| English Definition |
Traces how bogan, once purely an insult, has been reclaimed by many as a positive self-identity, linked by researchers to Australian nationalism and a cultural fondness for celebrating the ordinary person. |
| Japanese Translation |
「ボーガン・プライド」―侮辱語から誇りへ |
| Japanese Explanation |
かつては単なる侮辱語だった「ボーガン」が、多くの人々によって肯定的な自己認識として再解釈されてきた過程をたどり、それがオーストラリアのナショナリズムや「普通の人」を称える文化とどう結びついているかを論じる。 |
Origin
Part of the Bogue series on kangaeroo.com, an ongoing cultural examination of Australian bogan culture.
Related Words
Bogan pride is probably the most important cultural development of the bogan culture.
Calling someone a bogan used to be essentially saying:
“You’re beneath me.”
Increasingly, people started saying:
“Yep. I’m a bogan. Got a problem with that?”
That is classic cultural reclamation. The same process has happened with many supposedly derogatory identities around the world.
But Australian bogan pride has a particularly Australian flavour because it overlaps with:
- egalitarianism;
- anti-authoritarianism;
- larrikinism;
- distrust of pretension;
- national pride;
- working-class identity;
- humour.
Roslyn Rowen’s research specifically links the positive reappropriation of “bogan” with Australian nationalism and the Australian tendency to celebrate the “ordinary” person.