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

Author/creator Finkelstein, Joanne
Other author Finkelstein, Joanne.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxix, 219 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

SeriesArts 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 noteFollow-up to: Dining out : a sociology of modern manners. 1989.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013019082
ISBN9780231167963 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN9780231537124 (e-book)

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