Josee Johnston

Foodies

Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape

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This important 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 asks foodies to look in the mirror and think about their relative social and economic privilege. By simulta… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Baumann, Shyon

ISBN: 978-1-317-74501-3
EAN: 9781317745013
Produktnummer: 17511990
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 276 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 1'259 KB
Auflage: 2. Auflage
Abbildungen: Interest Groups in American Politics, 3 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Josée Johnston is associate professor of sociology at the University of Toronto. Her major substantive interest is the sociological study of food, which is a lens for investigating questions relating to consumer culture, politics, gender and the environment. She has a forthcoming book with Kate Cairns entitled Food and Femininity (Bloomsbury).Shyon Baumann is associate professor of sociology at the University of Toronto. He studies questions of cultural evaluation, legitimation, and classification. In addition to the study of gourmet food, he has investigated these questions in the realms of Hollywood films, television advertising, and ethical consumption.