Taste formation in pluralistic societies: The role of rhetorics and institutions

International Sociology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-56

  Meyer, Heinz Dieter ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Institutional effects; Refinement; Rhetorics of taste; Sociology of culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034339388     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580900015001003     Document Type: Article

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