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Considering the Connoisseur: Probing the Language of Taste
- Canadian Review of American Studies
- University of Toronto Press
- Volume 36, Number 2, 2006
- pp. 229-236
- 10.1353/crv.2006.0041
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This article provides a brief, exploratory probe into how theories of taste might be used to inform a very specific practice of taste-that of connoisseurship-in contemporary democratic culture. The focus is on the role of language in this practice, which takes centre stage as a means of both configuring taste and performing connoisseurship. The rise of specialty coffee and the popularization of wine are examined as two cases in which the language of the connoisseur plays a significant role.
Résumé: Cet article fournit une brève description des façons dont les théories du gou