Apology of the gastronomy: rhetoric and aesthetics of pleasure
Authors:
- Saint Petersburg State Mining University
Date submitted:
2016-11-30
Date published:
2011-05-01
Abstract
The article explores social and cultural context of historical development of the theory of gastronomy and the practices of gourmet cuisine. This process is interpreted as an effect of the cultural ideology based upon humanistic rhetoric, ideals of progress and aesthetic transformation of pleasure experience.