Bourgeois consumption :food, space and identity in London and Paris, 1850-1914

• 作者: Rich, Rachel.
• 出版: Manchester, UK :New York : Manchester University Press ;Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan 2011.
• 稽核項: 239 pages :illustrations ;23 cm.
• 標題: Social life and customs , Social aspectsHistory , Food habits England -- London -- History -- 19th century. , London (England) , Middle class France -- Paris -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. , Food habits , Middle class England -- London -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. , Dinners and dining Social aspects -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century. , London (England) Social life and customs -- 19th century. , Dinners and dining , Middle class , Paris (France) Social life and customs -- 19th century. , Food habits France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century. , Paris (France) , Dinners and dining Social aspects -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century. , History
• ISBN: 0719081122 , 9780719081125
• 附註: 103年科技部補助人文及社會科學研究圖書設備計畫規劃主題 : 藝術學 : 博物館蒐藏與文化展示. Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-234) and index. Eating by the rules: prescriptive literature and the dissemination of knowledge -- Family dinners: timekeeping, privacy and women's knowledge -- Dinner parties: ideal versus experience -- Respectable restaurants and the commercialisation of dinner -- Members and subscribers only: clubs and banquets -- Conclusion.
• 摘要: "Bourgeois Consumption looks at how the middle classes in late nineteenth-century London and Paris used food and dining as forms of social expression and identity. This engaging treatise about how class and gender informed people's eating habits focuses on the complex interactions between bodies, ritual and identity. Forgoing the traditional food history territory of recipes and ingredients in favor of how people ate in different circles, Bourgeois Consumption explores the role of real and imagined meals in shaping Victorian lives. The perception of the middle classes as rigid and upright, found in the extensive pages of their etiquette books, is contrasted with a more flexible and spontaneous bourgeoisie, gleaned from the pages of their own colorful memoirs, diaries and letters, leading us on a lively journey into eating spaces, mealtimes, manners, and social interactions between diners. Further, contrasting Paris with London reveals some of the ways each city shaped its inhabitants but, more surprisingly, throws up a range of similarities that suggest the middle classes were, in fact, a transnational class. Locations such as the private home, the restaurant, the club and the banquet, traversed by individuals moving between social groups and spaces, offer insights not only into how class informs, but how it is actually shaped by consumption. Rachel Rich's work will be of interest to anyone intrigued by the history of food, consumption and leisure, as well as to a broader audience curious about how the Victorian middle classes distinguished themselves through daily life and manners."--Publisher's website.
• 系統號: 005258331
• 資料類型: 圖書
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