Accounting for Tastes: Australian Everyday Cultures

by Tony Bennett , Michael Emmison , John Frow

• ISBN13: 9780521632348
• ISBN10: 052163234X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Accounting for Tastes is the most systematic and substantial study of Australian cultural tastes, preferences and activities ever published. While based on the findings of a survey, the book also includes transcripts from interviews where respondents talk freely about what governs their tastes and preferences in home furnishings, music, books, sports, television programs, and art. It is a book that makes a substantial contribution to the empirical and policy-oriented social inquiry into questions of cultural practices and preferences.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	ix
Acknowledgements	xiii
Introduction	1	(7)
Theorising Cultures	8	(16)
Cultural Choice and the Home	24	(33)
Media Culture and the Home	57	(30)
Leisure and Work	87	(28)
Care of the Body, Care of the Self	115	(30)
Reading by Numbers	145	(25)
Music Tastes and Music Knowledge	170	(31)
The United Tastes of Australia?	201	(25)
Public/Private Culture: Theory and Policy	226	(23)
Conclusion	249	(21)
Appendix 1: The Sample	270	(2)
Appendix 2: The Questionnaire	272	(18)
Notes	290	(9)
References	299	(9)
Index	308