Food and Class Distinction at Israeli Weddings

Kaplan, Dana Evan

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“…Those with upward and mixed trajectories sought distinction through culinary cosmopolitanism and omnivorousness, emphasizing specialized knowledge, exotic cuisines, authenticity, adventurousness, and openness to any food experience (Cappeliez & Johnston, 2013;Johnston & Baumann, 2010;Kaplan, 2013). These participants cultivated sophisticated palates in their children; such concern for children's culinary capital may distinguish the middle classes from the working class (Backett-Millburn, 2010;Gross & Rosenberger, 2010;Wills, 2011).…”

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“…The connoisseur mode of cosmopolitan eating, which tends to be associated with upper classes, is marked by food adventurousness, openness to any kind of cuisine, emphasis on esoteric food knowledge, and prizing authenticity (Cappeliez & Johnston, 2013;Kaplan, 2013). Adding culinary omnivorousness to this, we would expect to see openness to any kind of eating establishment as a feature of cultural capital displays (Conner, 2008;Johnston & Baumann, 2010).…”

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“…Some lower class foods become celebrated, re-branded as "cool" (Kaplan, 2013), like the gourmet macaroni and cheese or organic buffalo burgers found in upscale restaurants. Elite forms of cosmopolitan eating demonstrate sophisticated palates through connoisseur knowledge of the most authentic "ethnic" food products, and exotic and hard-to-find ingredients (Cappeliez & Johnston, 2013;Kaplan 2013). For these consumers, "the cuisine of social Others is regarded as a source of intellectual curiosity and exotic interest" (Cappeliez & Johnston, 2013, p. 443).…”

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“…Rigid food conventions are eschewed in favour of eclecticism and a range of cuisines that demonstrate worldliness and the confidence to defy food conventions (Mellor et al, 2010). Some lower class foods become celebrated, re-branded as "cool" (Kaplan, 2013), like the gourmet macaroni and cheese or organic buffalo burgers found in upscale restaurants. Elite forms of cosmopolitan eating demonstrate sophisticated palates through connoisseur knowledge of the most authentic "ethnic" food products, and exotic and hard-to-find ingredients (Cappeliez & Johnston, 2013;Kaplan 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Culinary omnivores seek out foods that are novel, authentic, and exotic (Johnston & Baumann, 2010;Kaplan, 2013;Zukin, 2008). They draw from an assortment of food cultures, unintimidated by distinctions of class or ethnicity, disparaging only mass-produced "common" foods.…”

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“Eating isn’t just swallowing food”: Food practices in the context of social class trajectory

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Drawing from a qualitative study with 105 families across Canada, this paper focuses on sixteen households in which one or more adults experienced significant social class trajectories in their lifetimes. Using semi-structured interviews and two photo-elicitation techniques, adults and teens articulated their perceptions of healthy eating, eating well, conflicts and struggles around food, and typical household food patterns. This analysis examines how habitus from class of origin can influence food dispositions, as well as how participants used food and talk about food to mark symbolic and moral boundaries on the basis of class. In particular, people used discourses of cosmopolitan and omnivorous eating, ethical eating, and healthy eating, as well as the moral virtue of frugality, to align or disidentify with class of origin or current class location. Our analysis shows that food can be a powerful symbolic means of marking class boundaries.

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When Less Is More: The Semiotic Privilege of Status Downplay

Jaffe‐Dax

2024

Symbolic Interaction

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Why do affluent people drive used cars, elite chefs praise basic ingredients, and upper‐middle couples arrange backyard weddings? What makes senior professors feel comfortable dressing down and allows men to bring their kids into the office? This article takes a formal sociological approach to explore the cultural phenomenon of “Status Downplay”—a paradoxical type of status display, where more social status is signaled through a subtraction of status symbols. The trans‐contextual analysis of diverse manifestations of status downplay uncovers the inverted cultural presumptions of “doing” and “being” and the hierarchical classifications underlying such parodical presentation of self. The proposed semiotic model articulates the social privilege of unmarked actors' performative flexibility: the social license of those considered “normals” to deviate from the performative norm. Under this asymmetrical structure, status underdoings are revealed as markers of cultural dominance.

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Postmodernists: Confronting Neoliberalism (1993–2018)

Ram

2017

Israeli Sociology

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Food and Class Distinction at Israeli Weddings

Cited by 17 publications

References 41 publications

“Eating isn’t just swallowing food”: Food practices in the context of social class trajectory

“Eating isn’t just swallowing food”: Food practices in the context of social class trajectory

When Less Is More: The Semiotic Privilege of Status Downplay

Postmodernists: Confronting Neoliberalism (1993–2018)

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