The Problem of Taste within the Problematic of Culture [electronic resource] / Mark Fenster.
Theories of taste are efforts to understand the processes of signification by which cultural forms take on meaning, and how subjects are inserted into such processes. One of these theories is the notion of "taste cultures," set forth by Herbert Gans in the 1960s and continued by George Lew...
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| 520 | |a Theories of taste are efforts to understand the processes of signification by which cultural forms take on meaning, and how subjects are inserted into such processes. One of these theories is the notion of "taste cultures," set forth by Herbert Gans in the 1960s and continued by George Lewis into the 1980s. A taste culture is an aggregate of similar people making similar choices. A struggle is implied, which is resolved in the democratic free market, but class and education are the key determinants of membership in taste cultures. Another theory is the more structural approach of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. In his view, taste, which is assumed to be based upon free choice, is, in fact, a reflection of social class. While it appears that class-based distinctions of taste are breaking down, domination by upper classes has become more complex and insidious. What is needed is the kind of analysis which would enable conceptions of taste to transcend the boundaries of those previous models which relied exclusively on audience analysis and which theorized solely through metaphors of the market and of structures. (Eleven notes are included; a 32-item bibliography is attached.) (SG) | ||
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