SOC349H5 Lecture Notes - Exoticism, Multinational Corporation, Rice Krispies
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Good food was viewed as the left: french food the food that had social status, fine dining (within. North america) vs. diner why is french food viewed as better. Bourdieu (french sociologist) talked about taste and art, as well as food. Answer: no its not better in universal standard, it gets framed/labeled as better, because high class groups consume it. it is labeled as better, these high class groups have the power to determine to see label things as good. Expert chefs: what gets labeled as good, not actually better, but labeled that way. Taste in food, or food knowledge is a kind of cultural capital. Food knowledge & taste= cultural capital if you know about certain foods, than you have cultural capital, meaning you have large knowledge. Definition: a set of socially rare and distinctive tastes, skills, knowledge and practices that: are the source of status of prestige 2) because they typically originate among the upper classes.
