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Shyon Baumann Josée Johnston

Democracy vs. Distinction in Omnivorous Food Culture. Clarifications, Elaborations, and a Response to Therese Andrews

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Abstract

This article adds to current sociological debates on cultural taste and social distinction. I particularly discuss the use of cultural capital as an analytical tool for capturing and explaining aspects of distinction within contemporary gourmet food culture, and explore the possibility of whether a different conceptualization of social distinction is more fruitful for understanding some of the patterns that are uncovered. I argue, more generally, that all social gaps in cultural taste cannot be taken as indicators of unequal distribution of power in society, as some Bourdieu- inspired scholars, tend to do.

Keywords

  • Social distinction
  • gourmet food culture
  • cultural capital
  • fashion
  • Pierre Bourdieu
  • Georg Simmel

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