Space, Taste and Affect

Name: Space, Taste and Affect
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Space, Taste and AffectAtmospheres That Shape the Way We Eat\nAuthor(s): Emily Falconer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138234260, 978-1138234260\nSynopsis\nThis book is an exploration of how time, space and social atmospheres contribute to the experience of taste. It demonstrates complex combinations of material, sensual and symbolic atmospheres and social encounters that shape this experience.\n\nSpace, Taste and Affect brings together case studies from the fields of sociology, geography, history, psycho-social studies and anthropology to examine debates around how urban designers, architects and market producers manipulate the experience of taste through creating certain atmospheres. The book also explores how the experience of taste varies throughout life, or even during fleeting social encounters, challenging the sense of taste as static. This book moves beyond common narratives that taste is acquired or de.