Foodies : democracy and distinction in the gourmet foodscape
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Bibliographic Information
Foodies : democracy and distinction in the gourmet foodscape
（Cultural spaces series / edited by Sharon Zukin）
Routledge, 2015
2nd ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 7 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-254) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Entering the Delicious World of Foodies 1. Foodies, Omnivores and Discourse 2. Eating Authenticity 3. The Culinary Other: Seeking Exoticism 4. Foodie Politics: This is one delicious revolution 5. Class and its Absence 6. Caring about Food: Doing Gender in the Foodie Kitchen Conclusion. Foodie Continuity, Change, and Moral Ambiguity
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