Eating out and the commercialisation of mental life
Abstract
This paper reflects on a sociological study of eating out in the UK. After a brief résumé of the study and its main empirical findings it addresses questions about the relationship between social scientific and other forms of practical knowledge about consumption. In the context of a process referred to as the commercialisation of mental life, the paper isolates a number of features which distinguish sociological from market research approaches to the topic. It is argued that too determined a practical focus to the study of consumer behaviour is likely to compromise understanding.
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Citation
Warde, A. and Martens, L. (1998), "Eating out and the commercialisation of mental life", British Food Journal, Vol. 100 No. 3, pp. 147-153. https://doi.org/10.1108/00070709810207513
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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