{"product_id":"the-social-significance-of-dining-out-a-study-of-continuity-and-change-9781526163776","title":"The Social Significance of Dining out: A Study of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDining out used to be considered exceptional. However, the Food Standards Authority reported that in 2014, one meal in six was eaten away from home in Britain. Previously considered a necessary substitute for an inability to obtain a meal in a family home, dining out has become a popular recreational activity for a majority of the population, offering pleasure as well as refreshment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on a major mixed-methods research project on dining out in England, this book offers a unique comparison of the social differences between London, Bristol and Preston from 1995 to 2015, charting the dynamic relationship between eating in and eating out. Addressing topics such as the changing domestic divisions of labour around food preparation, the variety of culinary experience for different sections of the population, and class differences in taste and the pleasures and satisfactions associated with dining out, the authors explore how the practice has evolved across the three cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is a remarkable book that will be of wide interest to sociologists of consumption and scholars of food studies more generally. Not only is it rare to undertake a national study of eating out in commercial establishments and friends'\/relatives' houses, but it is probably without precedent to repeat such a study after an interval of twenty years—between 1995 and 2015 ... The book fills a large gap in the sociology of eating out and thus makes an extremely important contribution to the field. By documenting a central social activity in both socio-political space and over time, the authors have created a very valuable resource that will be widely consulted in years to come.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is an exquisitely detailed and deliberate sociology of the ordinary restaurant meal and dinner with friends … It is the perfect book to teach with and I will do so.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e1        Dining out\u003cbr\u003e2        Method and context\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Familiarisation\u003cbr\u003e3        Patterns of dining out\u003cbr\u003e4        The meaning of eating out\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Informalisation\u003cbr\u003e5        Food at home\u003cbr\u003e6        Domestic hospitality\u003cbr\u003e7        Restaurant performances\u003cbr\u003e8        Organising eating\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart IV: Diversification\u003cbr\u003e9        Regard for variety\u003cbr\u003e10    Aesthetics, enthusiasm and culinary omnivorousness\u003cbr\u003e11    Landscape of variety\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart V: Continuity and change\u003cbr\u003e12    The practice of eating out\u003cbr\u003e13    Explaining continuity and change\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041029128535,"sku":"9781526163776","price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526163776.jpg?v=1750948667","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-social-significance-of-dining-out-a-study-of-continuity-and-change-9781526163776","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}