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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Finn, S. Margot, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Middle class > Social life and customs.
Food > Social aspects.
Food habits > Economic aspects.
Food habits.
Food consumption > Economic aspects.
Food consumption.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.
Classes moyennes > États-Unis > Moeurs et coutumes.
Aliments > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Aliments > Consommation > Aspect economique > États-Unis.
Aliments > Consommation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Habitudes alimentaires > Aspect economique > États-Unis.
Habitudes alimentaires > États-Unis > Histoire.
Middle class > United States > Social life and customs.
Food > Social aspects > United States.
Food consumption > Economic aspects > United States.
Food consumption > United States > History.
Food habits > Economic aspects > United States.
Food habits > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 that the rise of gourmet, ethnic, diet, and organic foods must be understood in tandem with the ever-widening income inequality gap.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813576886

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