Appeal to something
1. Does "appeal to" below mean "support and intensify"?
2. Do highlighted "them" and "their" refer to "Hirst and Emin"?
Context:
This suggests that celebrity operates in exactly the sort of consumerist framework that I described at the start of this chapter, in which surplus is organised as the sort of cultural capital that can be mobilised in the interests of performativity and savoir faire. In turning themselves into media commodities, artists such as Hirst and Emin become cultural icons that speak to bohemianism and transgression and appeal to the rebellious side of the consumer while, at the same time, bringing a sense of cultural know-how for those who identify with them and the radical nature of their work (Art and Advertising by Joan Gibbons).
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catttt 1. Does "appeal to" below mean "support and intensify"? No.
- catttt 1.
- Does "appeal to" below mean "support and intensify"?
- No.
- In the given context it means make themselves attractive or interesting .
- In other words, these artists become cultural icons that make themselves attractive to the consumers' sense of rebellion.
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catttt1. Does "appeal to" below mean "support and intensify"?
No. In the given context it means make themselves attractive or interesting. In other words, these artists become cultural icons that make themselves attractive to the consumers' sense of rebellion.
catttt2. Do highlighted "them" and "their" refer to "Hirst an
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