SOC317H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading: Exoticism, Oxymoron
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The rise of the gourmet hamburger reading notes. Hamburgers are getting more unique no longer just mcdonalds or. Burger king: ise of the (cid:862)(cid:271)etter (cid:271)urger(cid:863) (cid:272)hai(cid:374)s su(cid:272)h as i(cid:374)-n-out burger who provide gourmet burger experience. Also found that certain cultural preferences were related (cid:449)ith (cid:862)good tastes(cid:863) a(cid:374)d those i(cid:374) pri(cid:448)ileged (cid:272)lass positio(cid:374)s often had access to these preferences, while those with less status a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ealth did(cid:374)(cid:859)t. Omnivourousness operates based on a shared notion of what is legitimate or illegitimate as a gourmet food item. Food legitimacy based on authenticity and exoticism: authenticity. (cid:862)foodies(cid:863) e(cid:373)plo(cid:455) a ra(cid:374)ge of (cid:272)ultural k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge about the products they are consuming as a sign of status in their peer groups and throughout society. The gourmet hamburger is an oxymoron of consumable culture: in one digestible package, you have the low culture that comes from a fast-food burger combined with the exotic and authentic elements of high-culture foodstuffs.
