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Autore |
Warde Alan |
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Titolo |
Consumption, food and taste [[electronic resource] ] : culinary antinomies and commodity culture / / Alan Warde |
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ISBN |
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0-8039-7972-X |
1-283-88183-7 |
1-4462-6416-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Food habits - Great Britain |
Consumer behavior - Great Britain |
Food - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[221]-226) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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