FOODIES: DEMOCRACY AND DISTINCTION IN THE GOURMET FOOD-SCAPE

摘要

In their sociological analysis of "foodie" discourse, Johnston and Baumann assert that there are "at least two stories to tell about food ... the first storyline insists that anybody can be a foodie, the second story asks foodies to look in the mirror and think about their relative cultural and economic privilege" (xv). Through their interviews and research, Johnston and Baumann build a definition of foodies as "well-informed, discovery-minded, discerning customers [...] who lead food-focused lives and present themselves to others as uncommonly passionate about food" (67).