Fashioning appetite : restaurants and the making of modern identity / Joanne Finkelstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finkelstein, Joanne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Restaurants--Social aspects.

Restaurants.

Dinners and dining--Social aspects.

Dinners and dining.

Food--Social aspects.

Food.

Appetite--Social aspects.

Appetite.

Identity (Psychology).

Civilization, Western.

Civilization, Modern--1950-.

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.

Summary:

It can no longer be said that we are just what we eat. In the contested sphere of gastronomy divided between the golden arches of McDonalds and the prized stars of Michelin where personal identity is expressed through a frenetic quest for socially-approved tastes and distinctions, where, when, how and with whom we eat has become just as fundamental in defining who we are. In this follow-on to her classic 1989 work Dining Out: A Sociology of Modern Manners, Joanne Finkelstein takes a fragment of social life, dining out in restaurants, and uses it to examine the nature and meaning of manners and

Contents:

Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Fashionable Food; 2. Taste and Desire; 3. Eating Habits; 4. Michelin Stars and Western Obesity; 5. The Anomic Consumer; 6. The Banality of Food; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 20, 2020).

ISBN:

0-85773-388-5

OCLC:

882769600