The invention of taste : a cultural account of desire, delight and disgust in fashion, food and art /

"The Invention of Taste provides a detailed overview of the development of taste, from ancient times to the present. At the heart of the book is an intriguing question: why did the sensory attribute of human taste become a social metaphor and aesthetic value for judging cultural qualities of ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vercelloni, Luca (Autor)
Otros Autores: Singleton, Kate (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Colección:Sensory studies series.
Temas:
Taste > Social aspects.
Aesthetics > History.
Culture.
Goût > Aspect social.
Esthétique > Histoire.
Food & society.
Social & political philosophy.
Sociology & anthropology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Physiological Psychology.
Aesthetics.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The success of a metaphor
  • Pleasures and morals
  • The birth of aesthetics and the bifurcation of tastes
  • The arts of happiness: a journey through impure tastes
  • The economy of taste in consumer society.

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