Discriminating taste : how class anxiety created the American food revolution /

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A provocative look at contemporary food culture, Discriminating Taste critically examines cultural touchstones from Ratatouille to The Biggest Loser, identifying how ""good food"" is conflated with high status. Drawing historical parallels with the Gilded Age, Margot Finn argues...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Finn, S. Margot, 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Food habits > United States > History.
Food habits > Economic aspects > United States.
Food consumption > United States > History.
Food consumption > Economic aspects > United States.
Food > Social aspects > United States.
Middle class > United States > Social life and customs.
Habitudes alimentaires > États-Unis > Histoire.
Habitudes alimentaires > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Aliments > Consommation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Aliments > Consommation > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Aliments > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Classes moyennes > États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.
Food consumption
Food consumption > Economic aspects
Food habits
Food habits > Economic aspects
Food > Social aspects
Middle class > Social life and customs
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction. Discriminating Taste; 1. Incompatible Standards. The Four Ideals of the Food Revolution; 2. Aspirational Eating. Food and Status Anxiety in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era; 3. No Culinary Enlightenment. Why Everything You Know about Food Is Wrong; 4. Anyone Can Cook. Saying Yes to Meritocracy; 5. Just Mustard. Negotiating with Food Snobbery; 6. Feeling Good about Where You Shop. Sacrifice, Pleasure, and Virtue; Conclusion. Confronting the Soft Bigotry of Taste; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author.

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