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Elizabeth Swann investigates the relationship between the physical sense of taste and taste as a figurative term associated with knowledge and judgment in early modern literature and culture. She argues that - unlike aesthetic taste in the eighteenth century - discriminative taste was entwined with embodied experience in this period. Although taste was tarnished by its associations with Adam and Eve's fall from Eden, it also functioned positively, as a source of useful, and potentially redemptive, literary, spiritual, experimental, and intersubjective knowledge. Taste and Knowledge in Early Modern England juxtaposes canonical literary works by authors such as Shakespeare with a broad range of medical, polemical, theological, philosophical, didactic, and dietetic sources. In doing so, the book reveals the central importance of taste to the experience and articulation of key developments in the literate, religious, and social cultures of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

'The people's amusement': the growth in cinema-going and reading habits -- 'Fouling civilisation?: official attitudes towards popular film and literature -- Trade attitudes towards audience taste -- 'What made you put that rubbish on?': national trends in film popularity -- 'The appearance as an added incentive': national trends in literature popularity -- 'A very profitable enterprise': South Wales Miners' Institutes -- 'Gunmen, rustlers and a damsel in distress': working-class tastes in Derby -- 'The home of the brave"? working -class tastes in Portsmouth -- Popular film and literature: textual analyses -- Conclusion: 'giving the public what it wants'

"Taste is a core concept for the social sciences and an orienting notion in everyday practice. It is of equal relevance to academics and laypeople alike. Theorizations of taste are frequently multi- disciplinary, bringing an opportunity to cross-fertilize ideas and concepts. At the same time, a reader, challenged by the diverse body and dispersed nature of theories on taste, needs guidance navigating the literature and framing areas of interest. Until now, those interested in an academic perspective on the concept have had to traverse a wide range of literature. This is the first book that assembles a range of writings on taste from across disciplines to provide the reader with a sense of the emerging and expanding boundaries of this field of study. Taste, Consumption and Markets offers a comprehensive and up-to-date review of taste, with an emphasis on how taste shapes boundaries, subcultures, and global culture, complemented by an introduction that provides a scaffold for the reader and a concluding section that reflects on the past, present, and future of research on taste. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of interest to students at an advanced level, academics, and reflective practitioners. It addresses the topics with regard to the sociology of taste and consumption and will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of consumer studies, consumption ethics, sociological perspectives on consumption, and cultural studies"--

Prologue -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- 1.1 History of Communication and Technological Advances -- 1.1.1 From Nonverbal to Digital -- 1.2 Modern Communication -- 1.2.1 Means of Communicating and the Need to Communicate -- 1.3 What Is Hyperconnectivity? -- 1.3.1 Applications of Hyperconnectivity in Society -- 1.3.2 Promises of Hyperconnectivity -- 1.3.3 Future of Hyperconnectivity -- References -- 2 Modeling Literary Culture Through Interactive Digital Media -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Background -- 2.3 Related Research -- 2.4 Framework of Modeling Literature -- 2.4.1 Literature Regeneration -- 2.4.2 Pervasive Experience -- 2.4.3 Mass Accessibility -- 2.4.4 Social Connectivity -- 2.5 Poetry Mix-Up -- 2.5.1 System Overview -- 2.5.2 Detailed System Description -- 2.6 System Evaluation -- 2.6.1 Design of the Evaluation -- 2.6.2 Results of the Evaluation -- 2.7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Electric and Magnetic User Interfaces for Digital Smell and Taste -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Literature Review of Previous Digital Interfaces for Foods -- 3.2.1 Electrical Interfaces -- 3.2.2 Magnetic Interfaces -- 3.3 Current and Work in Progress Prototypes -- 3.3.1 Electrical Interfaces -- 3.3.1.1 Electric Taste Interface -- 3.3.1.2 Electric Smell Interface -- 3.3.2 Magnetic Interfaces -- 3.3.2.1 Magnetic Table and Magnetic Foods -- 3.4 Discussion -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Love and Sex with Robots -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The First Crude Sex Robot -- 4.3 Lovotics -- 4.4 The Formulation of Love -- 4.5 The Probability of Love -- 4.6 The Artificial Endocrine System -- 4.7 The Affective State Transmission System -- 4.8 The Kissenger -- 4.8.1 Design Features -- 4.8.2 Design Flow -- 4.8.2.1 Input Kiss Sensing

Potboilers looks at the recent re-evaluation of popular forms within literature, sociology, communications, media and cultural studies. The book introduces and summarises two decades of debate about mass-produced fictions and their position within popular culture. It assesses the way commercial strategies and generic conventions have influenced these forms and explores issues of taste, narrative and gender with reference to crime fiction, soap opera, romance and TV sitcom. Distinctions between high' and low' culture have relegated many popular forms to the trashcan of great' literature. This book takes stock of the methods and concepts used to analyse popular culture and argues for a non-elitist approach to the study of literature, film and television

This three-volume set contains over seventy valuable references written by economists, psychologists and social scientists that examine the field of new behavioural economics. The articles demonstrate how new behavioural economics and decision sciences deal with different issues with almost the same response - to include a new taste in utility function. In his original introduction Professor Khalil investigates the strengths and weaknesses of the literature and provides an essential insight into this field of study

Food preferences and tastes are among the fundamentals affecting human existence; the sociocultural, physiological and neurological factors involved have therefore been widely researched and are well documented. However, information and debate on these factors are scattered across the academic literature of different disciplines. In this volume cross-disciplinary perspectives are brought together by an international team of contributors that includes socialand biological anthropologists, ethologists and ethnologists, psychologists, neurologists and zoologists in order to provide access to t

In this book, John Corner explores how issues of power, form and subjectivity feature at the core of all serious thinking about the media, including appreciations of their creativity as well as anxiety about the risks they pose. Drawing widely on an interdisciplinary literature, he connects his exposition to examples from film, television, radio, photography, painting, web practice, music and writing in order to bring in topics as diverse as reporting the war in Afghanistan, the televising of football, documentary portrayals of 9/11, reality television, the diversity of taste in the arts and t

Within its wide boundaries, culture creates written and visual reflection areas for itself. As the reflection area expands through time, space and nature, it becomes richer, and, in doing so, it needs to be appreciated. The cultural reflection of historical accumulation leaves us in front of an immense mirror. In general terms, this book presents the reader with the intertwined relationships between culture and literature, culture and language, and culture and history or art history. More specifically, it investigates the joy of a birth, a funeral ritual, the merriness of a melody, and the taste of a meal as they are reflected within the texts that Asia has accumulated throughout its history. Its central concern is the investigatation of issues related to culture and how it is reflected in literature, language, or history in a particular place. --

"Between Camp and Cursi examines the role of humor in portrayals of homosexuality in contemporary Mexican literature. Brandon P. Bisbey argues that humor based on camp and cursileria -- a form of bad taste that expresses a sense of social marginalization -- is used to represent key social conflicts and contradictions of modernity in Mexico. Combining perspectives from queer theory, humor theory, and Latin American cultural studies, Bisbey looks at a corpus of canonical and lesser-known texts that treat a range of topics relevant to contemporary discussions of gender, sexuality, race, and human rights in Mexico--including sex work, transvestitism, bisexuality, same-sex marriage, racism, classism, and homophobic and transphobic violence"--

In Media and Law: Between Free Speech and Censorship, Mathieu Deflem and Derek M.D Silva have gathered an interdisciplinary team of leading experts to make a valuable contribution to the existing literature. This volume explores free speech and the control thereof from both a political as well as cultural lens. These topics have once again moved center stage in scholarly as well as popular discussions on what must, should, and should not be said in the public sphere of ideas, opinions, and tastes. In a world of alternative facts, fake news, gender politics, company self-censorship, edited art, hate speech, and career-ending tweets, the chapters in this volume make a timely contribution.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Spelling -- Introduction -- 1. The Nazione Ebrea and the Tuscan State: A Fruitful Symbiosis -- 2. Balancing Acts: The Unlikely Cultural Mediations of Joseph Attias -- 3. In Praise of Good Taste: Galilean Science, Critical Spirit, and Hebraic Studies -- 4. Entering the Medical Republic: Jewish Physicians and the Pursuit of the Public Good -- 5. Pious Care and Devotional Literature at the Time of Enlightenment Reform -- 6. Coffee and Gambling: Jewish Recreation and "National" Separation -- 7. Commerce and Jewish Culture: The Business of Hebrew Publishing -- 8. Economic Utility and Political Reforms: The "Jewish Question" in Livorno -- Conclusion. Enlightenment and Emancipation: Privilege and Its Discontents -- Appendix: Bibliographic Data -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index