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Jukka Gronow
ISBN: 9780415132954
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
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The role of fashion and taste are central to our understanding of the social dynamics in any modern society. In this treatise on the aestheticization of social life…
The modern society of consumption is a society of fashion. Fashion has extended its influence over various fields of social life and, together with taste, become central to the understanding of the inner dynamics of any modern society. This volume looks at the role of taste - or the aesthetic reflection - in society at large and in modern society in particular. Taking case studies from social life, for example eating and food culture, it illustrates the role of fashion in the formation of collective taste.
| ISBN | 0415132959 | | Pages | 216 | | ISBN13 | 9780415132954
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 295 | | Imprint | Routledge | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 30 Jan 1997 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | Library of Congress | HM299.G75 | | Spine width (mm) | 16 | | DEWEY | 306 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Preface | | | | | | Acknowledgements | | | | 1 | | Introduction: Need, Taste and Pleasure - or understanding modern consumption | | 1 | | 2 | | Philosophical Aesthetics and the Refinement of Taste | | 13 | | 3 | | Luxury, Kitsch and Fashion | | 31 | | 4 | | Taste and Fashion | | 74 | | 5 | | The Beauty of Social Forms | | 131 | | 6 | | Conclusion: The aesthetic sociology and the aestheticization of everyday life | | 158 | | | | Notes | | 172 | | | | Bibliography | | 180 | | | | Index | | 190 |
"Gronow makes thoughtful distinctions between genuine and artificial needs in his socio-cultural explanations of modern consumption, and he is especially clever at tracing patterns of consumption...."-"Philosophy in Review  Be the first to write a customer review
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