Foodies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape (Cultural Spaces)
by Josée Johnston
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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 show more 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 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. show lessTags
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Very academic, but interesting. I think it would have been better if it didn't read like a PhD thesis.
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- Sociology, Nonfiction, Food & Cooking, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 394.1 — Society, government, & culture Customs, etiquette & folklore General customs Eating, drinking, using drugs
- LCC
- GT2850 .J64 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Manners and customs (General) Manners and customs (General) Customs relative to private life
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- English
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