Eating Out
Eating Out
Eating Out is a fascinating study of the consumption of food outside the home. Through surveys and intensive interviews carried out in England in the 1990s, the authors have collected a wealth of information into people's attitudes toward, and expectations of, eating out as a form of entertainment and an expression of taste and status. This book will be a valuable resource to academics, advanced students and practitioners in the sociology of consumption, cultural studies, tourism and hospitality, home economics, marketing and to the general reader.
- First systematic scholarly study of eating out
- Puts a detailed empirical study in the theoretical context of the sociology of consumption
- Describes attitudes and practices surrounding one of Britain's most popular leisure activities
Reviews & endorsements
"Eating Out offers a significant introduction and foundation to future study, suggesting new questions to be asked and new theories to structure our understanding of this ever more prevalent mode of food consumption." Gastronomica
Product details
April 2000Paperback
9780521599696
260 pages
226 × 153 × 16 mm
0.41kg
5 b/w illus. 31 tables
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of boxes
- 1. The study and its rationale
- Part I. Modes of Provision:
- 2. The development of the habit of eating out in the UK
- 3. The meanings of eating out
- Part II. Access:
- 4. Patterns of eating out
- 5. Domestic organisation, family meals and eating out
- Part III. Delivery:
- 6. Personal service in public and private places
- 7. Last suppers
- Part IV. Enjoyment: The Attractions of Eating Out:
- 8. Eating out and its gratifications
- 9. The enjoyment of meal events
- Part V. Conclusion:
- 10. Eating out and the theories of consumption
- Methodological appendix: data collection and analysis
- References.
