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The Invention of Taste

Author : Luca Vercelloni
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000183572
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Invention of Taste written by Luca Vercelloni and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-03 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Invention of Taste provides a detailed overview of the development of taste, from ancient times to the present. At the heart of the book is an intriguing question: why did the sensory attribute of human taste become a social metaphor and aesthetic value for judging cultural qualities of art, fashion, cuisine and other social constructions? Unique amongst the senses, taste is at once a biologically derived sense, private, personal and individual, yet also a sensibility which can be acquired, shared, and communicated. Exploring the many factors that defined the evolution of taste – from medieval morals and medicine to social and cultural philosophy, the rise of aesthetics, birth of fashion, branding trends, and luxury worship in the age of mass consumption – Luca Vercelloni’s ambitious text provides readers with an outstanding introduction to the subject, making it the cultural history of taste.Now available for the first time in English, Taste features a new final chapter and a preface by series editor David Howes. Rich in detail and examples, this interdisciplinary work is an important read for students and researchers in sensory studies, philosophy, sociology and cultural studies, as well as gastronomy, fashion, design, and branding.

The Currency of Taste

Author : Lauren Rogers Museum of Art (Laurel, Miss.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780935903119
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Currency of Taste written by Lauren Rogers Museum of Art (Laurel, Miss.) and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Harriet and Thomas Gibbons donated over one hunderd silver objects to the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in their hometown of Laurel, Mississippi. The museum's collection includes works by the best-known silversmiths of the Georgian age, including Hester Bateman, Paul de Lamerie, and Paul Storr. The Currency of Taste explores silver implements associated with dining, drinking, and luxury from the exquisite collection of the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art to offer insight into the production, use, and aesthetics of Georgian silver"--From upper jacket flap.

The Currency of Taste

Author : Lauren Rogers Museum of Art (Laurel, Miss.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780935903126
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (31 download)

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On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice, and Other Essays in Political Philosophy

Author : Gerald A. Cohen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400838665
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice, and Other Essays in Political Philosophy by : Gerald A. Cohen

Download or read book On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice, and Other Essays in Political Philosophy written by Gerald A. Cohen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: G. A. Cohen was one of the most gifted, influential, and progressive voices in contemporary political philosophy. At the time of his death in 2009, he had plans to bring together a number of his most significant papers. This is the first of three volumes to realize those plans. Drawing on three decades of work, it contains previously uncollected articles that have shaped many of the central debates in political philosophy, as well as papers published here for the first time. In these pieces, Cohen asks what egalitarians have most reason to equalize, he considers the relationship between freedom and property, and he reflects upon ideal theory and political practice. Included here are classic essays such as "Equality of What?" and "Capitalism, Freedom, and the Proletariat," along with more recent contributions such as "Fairness and Legitimacy in Justice," "Freedom and Money," and the previously unpublished "How to Do Political Philosophy." On ample display throughout are the clarity, rigor, conviction, and wit for which Cohen was renowned. Together, these essays demonstrate how his work provides a powerful account of liberty and equality to the left of Ronald Dworkin, John Rawls, Amartya Sen, and Isaiah Berlin.

The Persistence of Taste

Author : Malcolm Quinn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317207513
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book The Persistence of Taste written by Malcolm Quinn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an interdisciplinary analysis of the social practice of taste in the wake of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology of taste. For the first time, this book unites sociologists and other social scientists with artists and curators, art theorists and art educators, and art, design and cultural historians who engage with the practice of taste as it relates to encounters with art, cultural institutions and the practices of everyday life, in national and transnational contexts. The volume is divided into four sections. The first section on ‘Taste and art’, shows how art practice was drawn into the sphere of ‘good taste’, contrasting this with a post-conceptualist critique that offers a challenge to the social functions of good taste through an encounter with art. The next section on ‘Taste making and the museum’ examines the challenges and changing social, political and organisational dynamics propelling museums beyond the terms of a supposedly universal institution and language of taste. The third section of the book, ‘Taste after Bourdieu in Japan’ offers a case study of the challenges to the cross-cultural transmission and local reproduction of ‘good taste’, exemplified by the complex cultural context of Japan. The final section on ‘Taste, the home and everyday life’ juxtaposes the analysis of the reproduction of inequality and alienation through taste, with arguments on how the legacy of ideas of ‘good taste’ have extended the possibilities of experience and sharpened our consciousness of identity. As the first book to bring together arts practitioners and theorists with sociologists and other social scientists to examine the legacy and continuing validity of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology of taste, this publication engages with the opportunities and problems involved in understanding the social value and the cultural dispositions of taste ‘after Bourdieu’. It does so at a moment when the practice of taste is being radically changed by the global expansion of cultural choices, and the emergence of deploying impersonal algorithms as solutions to cultural and creative decision-making.

The Sociology Of Taste

Author : Jukka Gronow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134786565
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book The Sociology Of Taste written by Jukka Gronow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Taste Matters

Author : John Prescott
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861899513
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Taste Matters written by John Prescott and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human tongue has somewhere up to eight thousand taste buds to inform us when something is sweet, salty, sour, or bitter—or as we usually think of it—delicious or revolting. Tastes differ from one region to the next, and no two people’s seem to be the same. But why is it that some people think maple syrup is too sweet, while others can’t get enough? What makes certain people love Roquefort cheese and others think it smells like feet? Why do some people think cilantro tastes like soap? John Prescott tackles this conundrum in Taste Matters, an absorbing exploration of why we eat and seek out the foods that we do. Prescott surveys the many factors that affect taste, including genetic inheritance, maternal diet, cultural traditions, and physiological influences. He also delves into what happens when we eat for pleasure instead of nutrition, paying particularly attention to affluent Western societies, where, he argues, people increasingly view food selection as a sensory or intellectual pleasure rather than a means of survival. As obesity and high blood pressure are on the rise along with a number of other health issues, changes in the modern diet are very much to blame, and Prescott seeks to answer the question of why and how our tastes often lead us to eat foods that are not the best for our health. Compelling and accessible, this timely book paves the way for a healthier and more sustainable understanding of taste.

Taste and the Ancient Senses

Author : Kelli C. Rudolph
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317515404
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Taste and the Ancient Senses written by Kelli C. Rudolph and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olives, bread, meat and wine: it is deceptively easy to evoke ancient Greece and Rome through a few items of food and drink. But how were their tastes different from ours? How did they understand the sense of taste itself, in relation to their own bodies and to other modes of sensory experience? This volume, the first of its kind to explore the ancient sense of taste, draws on the literature, philosophy, history and archaeology of Greco-Roman antiquity to provide answers to these central questions. By surveying and probing the literary and material remains from the Archaic period to late antiquity, contributors investigate the cultural and intellectual development towards attitudes and theories about taste. These specially commissioned chapters also open a window onto ancient thinking about perception and the body. Importantly, these authors go beyond exploring the functional significance of taste to uncover its value and meaning in the actions, thoughts and words of the Greeks and Romans. Taste and the Ancient Senses presents a full range of interpretative approaches to the gustatory sense, and provides an indispensable resource for students and scholars of classical antiquity and sensory studies.

Chewing Gum

Author : Michael Redclift
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135945934
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Chewing Gum written by Michael Redclift and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the dual story of the growth in popularity in the United States from the 1860s onwards and the remarkable role it played in Central American history as a result of the chicle used in its production farmed on the Yucatan peninsula.

The Taste of War

Author : Lizzie Collingham
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0718193776
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book The Taste of War written by Lizzie Collingham and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food, and in particular the lack of it, was central to the experience of the Second World War. In this richly detailed and engaging history, Lizzie Collingham establishes how control of food and its production is crucial to total war. How were the imperial ambitions of Germany and Japan - ambitions which sowed the seeds of war - informed by a desire for self-sufficiency in food production? How was the outcome of the war affected by the decisions that the Allies and the Axis took over how to feed their troops? And how did the distinctive ideologies of the different combatant countries determine their attitudes towards those they had to feed? Tracing the interaction between food and strategy, on both the military and home fronts, this wide-ranging, gripping and dazzlingly original account demonstrates how the issue of access to food was a driving force within Nazi policy and contributed to the decision to murder hundreds of thousands of 'useless eaters' in Europe. Focusing on both the winners and losers in the battle for food, this book brings to light the striking fact that war-related hunger and famine was not only caused by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, but was also the result of Allied mismanagement and neglect, particularly in India, Africa and China. American dominance both during and after the war was not only a result of the United States' immense industrial production but also of its abundance of food. This book traces the establishment of a global pattern of food production and distribution and shows how the war subsequently promoted the pervasive influence of American food habits and tastes in the post-war world. A work of great scope, The Taste of War connects the broad sweep of history to its intimate impact upon the lives of individuals.

The Ambiguity of Taste

Author : Jocelyne Kolb
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472105540
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book The Ambiguity of Taste written by Jocelyne Kolb and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration into the role of food in the aesthetic revolution of Romanticism

The American Food Journal

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The American Food Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Royal Taste

Author : Ms Daniëlle De Vooght
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409482197
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Royal Taste written by Ms Daniëlle De Vooght and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-28 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The explicit association between food and status was, academically speaking, first acknowledged on the food production level. He who owned the land, possessed the grain, he who owned the mill, had the flour, he who owned the oven, sold the bread. However, this conceptualization of power is dual; next to the obvious demonstration of power on the production level is the social significance of food consumption. Consumption of rich food—in terms of quantity and quality —was, and is, a means to show one's social status and to create or uphold power. This book is concerned with the relationship between food consumption, status and power. Contributors address the 'old top' of society, and consider the way kings and queens, emperors and dukes, nobles and aristocrats wined and dined in the rapidly changing world of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, where the bourgeoisie and even the 'common people' obtained political rights, economic influence, social importance and cultural authority. The book questions the role of food consumption at courts and the significance of particular foodstuffs or ways of cooking, deals with the number of guests and their place at the table, and studies the way the courts under consideration influenced one another. Topics include the role of sherry at the court of Queen Victoria as a means of representing middle class values, the use of the truffle as a promotional gift at the Savoy court, and the influence of European culture on banqueting at the Ottoman Palace. Together the volume addresses issues of social networks, prestige, politics and diplomacy, banquets and their design, income and spending, economic aims, taste and preference, cultural innovations, social hierarchies, material culture, and many more social and cultural issues. It will provide a useful entry into food history for scholars of court culture and anyone with an interest in modern cultural history.

The Studio

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Studio written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The International Studio

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The International Studio written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Food Words

Author : Peter Jackson
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0857852353
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Food Words written by Peter Jackson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food Words is a series of provocative essays on some of the most important keywords in the emergent field of food studies, focusing on current controversies and on-going debates. Words like 'choice' and 'convenience' are often used as explanatory terms in understanding consumer behavior but are clearly ideological in the way they reflect particular positions and serve specific interests, while words like 'taste' and 'value' are no less complex and contested. Inspired by Raymond Williams, Food Words traces the multiple meanings of each of our keywords, tracking nuances in different (academic, commercial and policy) contexts. Mapping the dynamic meanings of each term, the book moves forward from critical assessment to active intervention -- an attitude that is reflected in the lively, sometimes combative, style of the essays. Each essay is research-based and fully referenced but accessible to the general reader. With a foreword by eminent food scholar Warren Belasco, Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland-Baltmore County, and written by an inter-disciplinary team associated with the CONANX research project (Consumer culture in an 'age of anxiety'), Food Words will be essential reading for food scholars across the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Food Problems and Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Food Problems and Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: