Taste and delight: construction and meaning of an elegant menu

Authors

  • Maria Cecília Barreto Amorim Pilla

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/his.v42i0.4641

Keywords:

gosto, distinção social, prestígio, taste, social distinction, prestige

Abstract

Starting of the presupposed that the consumed food tends to transfer analogically to the commensal some of its characteristics, the present study wants to articulate the concept of taste to the strategies of the attainment of prestige and the social distinction, taking in account the choice of the menus, therefore, the food that goes to the mouth is not neutral. The composition of the menu and the future allotment of the dainty for it listed can consist in instrument of the construction of the identity and the nature of that they ingest them.

How to Cite

Pilla, M. C. B. A. (2005). Taste and delight: construction and meaning of an elegant menu. História: Questões E Debates, 42(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/his.v42i0.4641

Issue

Section

Dossiê: História da Alimentação