ISBN:
9780415132947
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (214 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Sociology Of Taste
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Aesthetics
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
〈I〉The Sociology of Taste〈/I〉 looks at the role of taste, or the aesthetic relfection, in society at large and in modern society in particular. It illustrates the role of fashion in the formation of collective taste
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION:; PHILOSOPHICAL AESTHETICS AND THE REFINEMENT OF TASTE; What is good taste?; LUXURY, KITSCH AND FASHION; Kitsch and luxury in the Soviet Union; Fashion and plenty in the post-industrial society; TASTE AND FASHION; The social function of style and fashion; Taste and the process of collective selection; Food fashions and social order; THE BEAUTY OF SOCIAL FORMS; Play and beauty; CONCLUSION:; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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