A matter of taste
how names, fashions, and culture change
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Author
Publication
2000 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
83,500 words, Guess
Page Count
334 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6798693M
- ISBN-100300083858
- OCLC Control Number45050347
- OCLC Control Numbermatteroftastehow0000lieb
- Library of Congress Control Number00104460
and 2 more
- Goodreads834233
- LibraryThing176085
Classifications
- DDC929/.4/4/0973
- LCCCS2367 .L54 2000
Description
"In this innovative book Stanley Lieberson analyzes children's first names to develop an original theory of fashion. Children's names provide an opportunity to view the pure mechanisms of fashion, unaffected by commercial interests that influence many fashions and tastes, says Lieberson. He disputes the commonly held notion that tastes in names (and other fashions) simply reflect societal shifts. There exist also "internal taste mechanisms" that drive changes in fashion even in the absence of social change, Lieberson contends. He explores the intricate and subtle ways in which internal mechanisms operate in concert with social forces to determine our choices of names. And he applies these conclusions to classical music, the decline of the fedora, women's garments, and other examples of change in fashion."--BOOK JACKET.
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