The Sociology Of Taste.
Title:
The Sociology Of Taste.
Author:
Gronow, Jukka.
ISBN:
9780203158159
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (214 pages)
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION: -- PHILOSOPHICAL AESTHETICS AND THE REFINEMENT OF TASTE -- What is good taste? -- LUXURY, KITSCH AND FASHION -- Kitsch and luxury in the Soviet Union -- Fashion and plenty in the post-industrial society -- TASTE AND FASHION -- The social function of style and fashion -- Taste and the process of collective selection -- Food fashions and social order -- THE BEAUTY OF SOCIAL FORMS -- Play and beauty -- CONCLUSION: -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
The modern society of consumption is a society of fashion. Fashion has extended its influence over various fields of social life and, together with taste, become central to our understanding of the inner dynamics of any modern society. The Sociology of Taste looks at the role of taste - or the aesthetic reflection - in society at large and in modern society in particular. Taking case studies from social life, for example eating and food culture, it illustrates the role of fashion in the formation of collective taste.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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