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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819393303321

Autore

Furrow Dwight

Titolo

American foodie : taste, art, and the cultural revolution / / Dwight Furrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-4930-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

394.1/20973

Soggetti

Food - United States - Philosophy

Dinners and dining - United States

Food preferences - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 We Live from Good Soup; 2 Why Food? Why Now?; 3 Gathering the Tribes; 4 From Pleasure to Beauty; 5 How to Read a Meal; 6 Can Tuna Casserole Be a Work of Art?; 7 Habits and Heresies; 8 The Future of Taste; Notes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Dwight Furrow examines the contemporary fascination with food and culinary arts not only as global spectacle, but also as an expression of control, authenticity, and playful creation for individuals in a homogenized, and increasingly public, world.