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Nice manners not actually nice

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Tullia Jack

We are taught since children to have nice manners. To use a knife and fork. To eat with mouths closed; not to talk with food in mouths; to keep elbows off of the table; to wash hands after going to … Continue reading →

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Just when I thought I was starting to get my head around some theories…

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Tullia Jack

…Bourdieu makes sure it doesn’t go to my head… ‘the philosophical sense of distinction is another form of the visceral disgust at vulgarity which defines pure taste as an internalized social relationship, a social relationship made flesh; and a philosophically distinguished … Continue reading →

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