Accounting for Tastes

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Accounting for Tastes

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ISBN: 9780521635042
author: Tony Bennett / Michael Emmison / John Frow
publishing house: Cambridge University Press
publication date: 1999 -10
price: USD 27.99
number of pages: 328

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Australian Everyday Cultures

Tony Bennett / Michael Emmison   

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Accounting for Tastes is the most systematic and substantial study of Australian cultural tastes, preferences and activities ever published. While based on the findings of a survey, the book also includes transcripts from interviews where respondents talk freely about what governs their tastes and preferences in home furnishings, music, books, sports, television programs, and art. It is a book that makes a substantial contribution to the empirical and policy-oriented social inquiry into questions of cultural practices and preferences.

contents

ntroduction
1
Theorising Cultures
8
Cultural Choice and the Home
24
Media Culture and the Home
57
Leisure and Work
87
Care of the Body Care of the Self
115
Reading by Numbers
145
Music Tastes and Music Knowledge
170
The United Tastes of Australia?
201
PublicPrivate Culture Theory and Policy
226
Conclusion
249
The Sample
270
The Questionnaire
272
Notes
290
References
299
Index
308
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