Consumption, Food and Taste: Culinary Antinomies and Commodity Culture - Couverture rigide

Warde, Alan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 080397972X ISBN 13 : 9780803979727

Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 1997

Synopsis

Exploring the expression of taste through the processes of consumption this book provides an incisive and accessible evaluation of the current theories of consumption, and trends in the representation and purchase of food.

Alan Warde outlines various theories of change in the twentieth century, and considers the parallels between their diagnoses of consumer behaviour and actual trends in food practices. He argues that dilemmas of modern practical life and certain imperatives of the culture of consumption make sense of food selection. He suggests that contemporary consumption is best viewed as a process of continual selection among an unprecedented range of generally accessible items which are made available both commerciall

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan Warde is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. He has worked in the sociology of consumption over the last 15 years and has published extensively on the topic. He was Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Research in Innovation and Competition, between 1999 and 2007, where he was responsible for a programme of research on consumption. He has written a dozen books and edited a further eleven.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080397972X
• ISBN 13: 9780803979727
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 231
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible