Rick Fantasia: French Gastronomy and the Magic of Americanism

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>Analyzing the effects of corporate-driven global industrial processes on the practices, and the practitioners, of French gastronomy<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="2354_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1 class = "booktitle">French Gastronomy and the Magic of Americanism</h1> <h3>Rick Fantasia </h3> paper: $39.95, Nov 18<BR>EAN: 978-1-4399-1230-0<BR><font color=#990033>Not Yet Published Preorder</FONT><font size=-7><br> </font></p><p class="info">cloth: $104.50, Nov 18<BR>EAN: 978-1-4399-1229-4<BR><font color=#990033>Not Yet Published Preorder</FONT><font size=-7><br> </font></p><p class="info">e-book: $39.95, Nov 18<BR>EAN: 978-1-4399-1231-7<BR><font color=#990033>Not Yet Published Preorder</FONT><font size=-7><br> </font></p></p></td></tr></table> <BR> <p class="info">262 pp<BR> 6 x 9<BR> 7 tables, 9 figs., 2 halftones <p class="info"><font size=-7> </font></p><p class="info"> </P><BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <p>A tectonic shift has occurred in the gastronomic field in France, upsetting the cultural imagination. In a European country captivated by a high-stakes power struggle between chefs and restaurants in the culinary field, the mass marketing of factory-processed industrial cuisine and fast foods has created shock waves in French society, culture, and the economy. <br/><br/> In this insightful book, <i>French Gastronomy and the Magic of Americanism, </i>Rick Fantasia examines how national identity and the dynamics of cultural meaning-making within gastronomy have changed during a crucial period of transformation, from the 1970s through the 1990s. He illuminates the tensions and surprising points of cooperation between the skill, expertise, tradition, artistry, and authenticity of grand chefs and the industrial practices of food production, preparation, and distribution. <br/><br/> Fantasia examines the institutions and beliefs that have reinforced notions of French cultural supremacy-such as the rise and reverence of local cuisine-as well as the factors that subvert those notions, such as when famous French chefs lend their names to processed, frozen, and pre-packaged foods available at the supermarket. Ultimately, <i>French Gastronomy and the Magic of Americanism</i> shows what happens to a cultural field, like French gastronomy, when the logic and power of the economic field imposes itself upon it. <br/><br/> In the series <i>Politics, History, and Social Change, </i>edited by John C. Torpey<br> <P CLASS="top"><A HREF="#top">BACK TO TOP</A></P>  <BR>   <P> </P><BR>  <H2 class="inpageheading"><A NAME="author bio"></a>About the Author(s)</H2><p><b>Rick Fantasia</b> is the <i>Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor in the Social Sciences</i> and Professor of Sociology at Smith College. He is the author of several books including <i>Cultures of Solidarity: Consciousness, Action and Contemporary American Workers</i> and (with Kim Voss) <i>Hard Work: Remaking the American Labor Movement</i>.<br> <P CLASS="top"><A HREF="#top">BACK TO TOP</A></P> <p><h2 class="inpageheading"><a name="subjects"></a>Subject Categories</h2> <p><a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress/sociology.html" target="_top">Sociology</a> <br><a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress/cultural.html" target="_top">Cultural Studies</a> <br><a href="" target="_top"></a> <br><a href="" target="_top"></a> <br><a href="" target="_top"></a> </p> </p> <P> <h2 class="inpageheading">In the Series</h2> <p><a target="_top" href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress/phsc.html" OnMouseOver="window.status='Click for other books in this series!';return true;"OnMouseOut="window.status=" ><i>Politics, History, and Social Change</i></a></P> <p><p> This series will disseminate serious works that analyze the social changes that have transformed our world during the twentieth century and beyond. 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