Viewer identity combinations determine whether a performer seems exotic or mundane

Evidence

The distance of this cultural gap between the performer and the audience, and thus the extent of exoticism and celebrity bestowed upon the performer, is highly dependent on the “intersectionality” between the internet celebrity and the audience. Intersectionality is a concept coined by the critical race theorist Kimberlé Crenshaw to describe how the interconnected (and usually minority) identity categories of race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and class and status are related to systems of power. As such, depending on the combination of a viewer’s identity categories, they may perceive the performance of an internet celebrity as very exotic and attention-worthy or too mundane to warrant any attention. — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity, 111

Categorization

• XREF: Applying Crenshaw’s intersectionality to audience reception shows the concept working not for the marginalized subject but for explaining differential perception — a repurposing worth noting. — connects to: Identity functions as a costume adaptable to context.; Cultural distance between performer and audience generates exotic internet celebrity — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame…, 109; Intersectionality determines how exotic an internet celebrity appears to each viewer. (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Intersectionality determines how exotic an internet celebrity appears to each viewer. #exemplifies (0.95)
• Cultural distance between performer and audience generates exotic internet celebrity #corroborates (0.82) — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity, 109
• Identity salience shifts with the scale of the surrounding group #expands (0.75)
• Identity functions as a costume adaptable to context. #expands (0.72)