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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451940303321

Autore

Warde Alan

Titolo

Consumption, food and taste [[electronic resource] ] : culinary antinomies and commodity culture / / Alan Warde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1997

ISBN

0-8039-7972-X

1-283-88183-7

1-4462-6416-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

306.4

Soggetti

Food habits - Great Britain

Consumer behavior - Great Britain

Food - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[221]-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I - Issues of Taste; Chapter 1 - Consumption, Taste and Social Change; Chapter 2 - The New Manners of Food: Trends and their Sociological Interpretation; Chapter 3 - Measuring Change in Taste; Part II - Indicators of Taste: Changing Food Habits; Chapter 4 - Novelty and Tradition; Chapter 5 - Health and Indulgence; Chapter 6 - Economy and Extravagance; Chapter 7 - Convenience and Care; Part III - Interpretations of Taste; Chapter 8 - The Reconstruction of Taste; Chapter 9 - Theories of Consumption and the Case of Food; Notes

Appendix: Technical Details about MethodologyReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Using food as a case study of consumption and the expression of taste, Warde outlines various theories of change in the 20th century and suggests that consumption is best viewed as a process of continual selection from a range of accessible items.