This important new cultural analysis tells two stories about food. The first depicts good food as democratic. Foodies frequent 'hole in the wall' ethnic eateries, appreciate the pie found in working-class truck stops, and reject the snobbery of fancy French restaurants with formal table service. The second story describes how food operates as a source of status and distinction for economic and cultural elites, indirectly maintaining and reproducing social inequality. While the first storyline insists that anybody can be a foodie, the second asks foodies to look in the mirror and think about their relative social and economic privilege. By simultaneously considering both of these stories, and studying how they operate in tension, a delicious sociology of food becomes available, perfect for teaching a broad range of cultural sociology courses.
- ISBN10 1322435596
- ISBN13 9781322435596
- Publish Date 1 January 2014 (first published 4 December 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 14 April 2015
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 277
- Language English