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January 1, 2024 72 mins

You’ve heard about the sweet smell of success? Well, get ready to taste it, as well! The Two Humans discuss how “good” taste and “bad” taste determine our place in the social hierarchy. This episode is yummy good!

Episode 29: The In Crowd: The Relationship between Taste, Popularity, and Status

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans

Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.

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Resources:

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2010 How Pleasure Works. W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY.

 

Gasser, Nolan

2019 Why You Like It: The Science & Culture of Musical Taste. Flatiron Books, New York, NY.

 

Gronow, Jukka

1993 Taste and Fashion: The Social Function of Fashion and Style. Acta Sociologica, 1993, Vol. 36, No. 2 (1993), pp. 89-100.

 

Korsmeyer, Carolyn

2013 Complexities of Taste. Etnofoor, 2013, Vol. 25, No. 1, Gold (2013), pp. 111-116.

 

Marx, W. David

2022 Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change. Viking, New York, NY.

 

Menand, Louis

2016 What It Is Like to Me. The New Yorker, June 13, 2016, www.newyorker.com/ magazine/2016/06/20/art-and-taste-in-the-internet-age.

 

Spronk, Rachel and Christien Klaufus

2012 Introduction: Taste. Etnofoor, 2012, Vol. 24, No. 2, Taste (2012), pp. 7-11.

 

Sullivan, Bill

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Vanderbilt, Tom

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2016 The Secret of Taste: Why We Like What We Like. The Guardian, June 22, 2016, www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jun/22/secret-of-taste-why-we-like-what-we-like.

2016 You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY.

 

 

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