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Winner of a 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Award, National Winner in "Culinary History" Co-Winner of the 2017 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, Sociology of Culture Section of the American Sociological Association Winner of the 2016 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award, Consumers and Consumption Section of the American Sociological Association "In Contested Tastes, we find not just detailed casestudies, but an overview of contemporary food politics which challenges assertions about what we have on our plates and why it matters."--George Berridge, Times Literary Supplement

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Acknowledgments vii Preface xi Chapter 1 What Can We Learn from Liver? 1 Chapter 2 Vive le Foie Gras! 27 Chapter 3 Gastronationalism on the Ground 66 Chapter 4 Foiehibition110 Chapter 5 The Paradox of Perspective 147 Chapter 6 Conclusion 195 Notes 209 Bibliography 243 Index 259

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/07/2016
      ISBN13: 9780691154930, 978-0691154930
      ISBN10: 0691154937
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      Winner of a 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Award, National Winner in "Culinary History" Co-Winner of the 2017 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, Sociology of Culture Section of the American Sociological Association Winner of the 2016 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award, Consumers and Consumption Section of the American Sociological Association "In Contested Tastes, we find not just detailed casestudies, but an overview of contemporary food politics which challenges assertions about what we have on our plates and why it matters."--George Berridge, Times Literary Supplement

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments vii Preface xi Chapter 1 What Can We Learn from Liver? 1 Chapter 2 Vive le Foie Gras! 27 Chapter 3 Gastronationalism on the Ground 66 Chapter 4 Foiehibition110 Chapter 5 The Paradox of Perspective 147 Chapter 6 Conclusion 195 Notes 209 Bibliography 243 Index 259

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