Consumption, Food and Taste: Culinary Antinomies and Commodity Culture

by Alan Warde

Exploring the expression of taste through the processes of consumption this book provides an incisive and accessible evaluation of the current theories of consumption, and trends in the representation and purchase of food.

Alan Warde outlines various theories of change in the twentieth century, and considers the parallels between their diagnoses of consumer behaviour and actual trends in food practices. He argues that dilemmas of modern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803979738
• ISBN13: 9780803979734
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.2"