Fashioning appetite restaurants and the making of modern identity / Joanne Finkelstein.
| Author/creator | Finkelstein, Joanne |
| Other author | Finkelstein, Joanne. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, [2014] |
| Description | xix, 219 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Arts and traditions of the table : perspectives on culinary history |
| Contents | 1. Fashionable food -- Defining the restaurant -- Toying with food -- Food rules -- The universal meal and the origins of taste -- Fashioning appetite -- The status of food -- 2. Taste and desire -- The food economy -- Taste -- Longing -- Identity for sale -- 3. Eating habits -- Classic studies -- Inside the restaurant -- Service and style -- 4. Michelin stars and Western obesity -- The perfect meal -- The body as spectacle -- Susan Boyle -- The spectacle of food -- Marketing food -- 5. The anomic consumer -- Self-absorption -- Inventing the self -- The beginning of cool -- The city and modern identity -- The quest -- The cold present -- 6. The banality of food -- Cold restaurants -- Life at the surface. |
| General note | Follow-up to: Dining out : a sociology of modern manners. 1989. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013019082 |
| ISBN | 9780231167963 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 9780231537124 (e-book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |