Consumption, food, and taste : culinary antinomies and commodity culture / Alan Warde.

By:

Warde, Alan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 1997.Description: v, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:

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ISBN:

080397972X
0803979738 (pbk.)
9780803979734
9780803979727

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Consumption, food & taste [Cover title]

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306.4

Summary: Exploring the expression of taste through the processes of consumption this book provides an incisive and accessible evaluation of current theories of consumption, and trends in the representation and purchase of food. Alan Warde outlines general theories of change in the late 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 among an unprecedented range of generally accessible items which are made available both commercially and informally.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	306.4 WAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000007370		Placas, Aimee

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-226) and index.

Exploring the expression of taste through the processes of consumption this book provides an incisive and accessible evaluation of current theories of consumption, and trends in the representation and purchase of food.
Alan Warde outlines general theories of change in the late 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 among an unprecedented range of generally accessible items which are made available both commercially and informally.