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Johnston, Josée.
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Food -- Social aspects.
Food habits -- Economic aspects.
Social status.
Gourmets.
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Johnston, Josée.
Food -- Social aspects.
Food habits -- Economic aspects.
Social status.
Gourmets.
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Foodies : democracy and distinction in the gourmet foodscape / Josée Johnston, Shyon Baumann.
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Johnston, Josée.
Routledge, 2010.
Call #:
394.1 J72f
Subjects
Food -- Social aspects.
Food habits -- Economic aspects.
Social status.
Gourmets.
Series
Cultural spaces series
ISBN:
9780415965385 (hardback)
0415965381 (hardback)
9780415965378 (pbk.)
0415965373 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Democracy and distinction in the gourmet foodscape
Description:
xxii, 256 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction. Entering the Delicious World of Foodies -- Ch. 1. Foodies, Omnivores, and Discourse -- Ch. 2. Eating Authenticity -- Ch. 3. The Culinary Other: Seeking Exoticism -- Ch. 4. Foodie Politics: This Is One Delicious Revolution! -- Ch. 5. Class and Its Absence -- Conclusion: Moral Ambiguities in the Gourmet Foodscape.
Summary:
"This cultural analysis tells two stories about food. The first depicts good food as democratic. Foodies frequent 'hole in the wall' ethnic eateries, appreciate the pie found in working-class truck-stops, and reject the snobbery of fancy French restaurants with formal table-service. The second story describes how food operates as a source of status and distinction for economic and cultural elites, indirectly maintaining and reproducing social inequality. While the first storyline insists that anybody can be a foodie, the second story asks foodies to look in the mirror and think about their relative social and economic privilege. By simultaneously considering both of these stories, and studying how they operate in tension, a delicious sociology of food becomes available, perfect for teaching a broad range of cultural sociology courses."--BOOK JACKET.
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Baumann, Shyon, 1971-
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