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Foodies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape

Foodies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape

Paperback

Series: Cultural Spaces

AnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1138015121
ISBN13: 9781138015128
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 12 2014
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

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 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.

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