Consumption, Food and Taste: Culinary Antinomies and Commodity Culture
Warde, Alan
ISBN 10: 0803979738 ISBN 13: 9780803979734
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1997
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Exploring the expression of taste through the processes of consumption this book provides an incisive and accessible evaluation of the current theories of consumption, and trends in the representation and purchase of food.
Alan Warde outlines various theories of change in the twentieth century, and considers the parallels between their diagnoses of consumer behaviour and actual trends in food practices. He argues that dilemmas of modern practical life and certain imperatives of the culture of consumption make sense of food selection. He suggests that contemporary consumption is best viewed as a process of continual selection among an unprecedented range of generally accessible items which are made available both commerciall
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Alan Warde is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. He has worked in the sociology of consumption over the last 15 years and has published extensively on the topic. He was Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Research in Innovation and Competition, between 1999 and 2007, where he was responsible for a programme of research on consumption. He has written a dozen books and edited a further eleven.
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Titel: Consumption, Food and Taste: Culinary ...
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Used; Good