Abstract: With the methods of literature analysis and rooted coding,this paper analyzes the understanding of "poverty culture" by different subjects.It is found that some studies use the theory of "poverty culture" to explain the cultural representation of economically or educationally underdeveloped areas.This makes "poverty culture",constructed by western discourse,distorted in domestic academic discourse."Poverty culture" is gradually constructed as the collective cultural representation in the poverty-stricken areas,that is,the collective representation of the "poverty culture" is regional,and it is tended to believe that this cultural characteristic is popular in the late-developed areas.On the other hand,the public's understanding of "poverty culture" tends to be individual representation,that is,the individual representation of "poverty culture" is mainly focused on personal characteristics,and it is believed that "poverty culture" is caused by weak individual subjective consciousness or lack of ability.At the same time,the convergence of the cognition of "poverty culture" between the academic circles and the public also shows that the way of value evaluation with the order relationship of development has gradually passed the influence of discourse power,pushing "poverty culture" as a regional cultural representation to the field of public cognition,and making people in the late-developed areas become the reference object of "poverty culture" and difficult to get rid of ideological poverty.Therefore,it is necessary for academic discourse to further clarify and enrich the basic connotation and representation of "poverty culture" on the basis of understanding the cultural traditions of different regions,so as to construct a benign relationship between the coordinated development of economy and culture in the late-developed areas.

Key words: poverty, poverty culture, discourse representation