Week 4, Judgement of Taste, Bourdieu Flashcards
3 structures of consumption
food
culture
presentation
Bourdieu is similar to Foucault but also different. He see power as
culturally and symbolically created ad constantly relegitamized through an interplay of agency and structure.
Cultural Capital
Non financial social assets.
Like University.
People with cultural capital are most likely to determine what constitutes taste in society.
3 forms of cultural capital
Embodied
Objectified
Institutionalized
Habitus
Physical embodiment of cultural capital made up of deeply engrained habits, skills, and dispositions due to life experiences.
Feel for social situations, extends to taste.
Symbolic Violence
Bourdieu’s terminology for acceptance of dominant forms of taste.
Taste can be an example of ____ hegemony.
Taste can be an example of cultural hegemony.
Taste creates social mechanisms which ensure
the social and cultural reproduction of class.
How does taste shape class body?
The working classes will select nourishing foods that are attentive toward strength while the professional classes are attentive toward tasty, health-giving, light, and non-fattening foods.
The working class meal is characterized by
plenty and freedom.
Elastic and abundant dishes. Women serve multiple courses at a time. No kind of ceremony.
The bourgeoisie meal is characterized by
social ceremony.
Etiquette and ritual separates the rich from animals. Rhythm, order, restraint, refinement.
What is the criteria for the Michelin system?
- Quality of the products
- Mastery of flavours and cooking
- Personality of the cuisine
- Value for money
- Consistency
