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Wine consumption in Hong Kong: negotiating identity through taste.

Siu, Kit Wah Lydia. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-207). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.i / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Aim of the Study --- p.1 / Background --- p.3 / Literature Review --- p.10 / """Conspicuous"" Wine Consumption" --- p.14 / Taste as a Combination of Symbols of Class Distinction --- p.17 / "Hong Kong, a City of Consumption" --- p.19 / Methodology --- p.21 / Challenges and Limitations --- p.25 / Summary of the Thesis --- p.26 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- The Wine Market in Hong Kong --- p.28 / Introduction --- p.28 / Consumption and Identity --- p.29 / The Beginning of Wine Consumption in Hong Kong --- p.33 / The Beginning of the Mass Consumption of Wine in the 1960s --- p.36 / Popularization in the 1980s to the Early 1990s --- p.39 / The Years of Turbulence 1997-2002 --- p.40 / The Current Wine Market --- p.44 / General Market Features --- p.46 / Conclusion --- p.48 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- The Wine-Tasting Community in Hong Kong --- p.51 / Introduction --- p.51 / The Meaning of Taste --- p.52 / Who are the People in the Wine Tasting Community? --- p.58 / Gender --- p.59 / Age --- p.60 / Level of Economic Capital --- p.61 / Education level --- p.62 / Four Types of Wine-Tasting Events --- p.64 / Large-scale Public Tasting Events --- p.64 / Medium-scale Tasting Events --- p.67 / Private Wine-tasting Events --- p.69 / Wine dinners --- p.70 / Conclusion --- p.72 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- The Rituals of Wine Tasting as Expressions of Identity --- p.75 / Introduction --- p.75 / "Sight, Aroma and Flavor" --- p.77 / The Practices of Tasting Rituals in Large-Scale Public Wine-Tasting Events. --- p.80 / Assessment of Sight --- p.84 / Assessment of Aroma --- p.85 / Assessment of Flavor --- p.87 / The Final Step: Spitting --- p.88 / Beyond Tasting: Wine Talk --- p.91 / Conclusion --- p.94 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- The Symbols of Social Distinction in Wine Consumption --- p.99 / Introduction --- p.99 / The Relationship of Wine and Social Distinction --- p.100 / Westernness --- p.102 / Uniqueness --- p.105 / Wealth --- p.107 / Knowledge --- p.112 / Leisure --- p.118 / Art and Aestheticism --- p.121 / Health Consciousness --- p.123 / Conclusion --- p.127 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Wine as Individual Identity --- p.131 / Introduction --- p.131 / Brief Description of YC and its wine group --- p.133 / Setting --- p.133 / Becoming a member of YC --- p.137 / The structure of the YC wine group --- p.139 / The Core Value: Tasting vs Drinking --- p.143 / Taboos in the YC Wine Group --- p.144 / The Role of Alcohol and Intoxication --- p.145 / Demeaning Wine's Taste --- p.149 / Learning about Taste: Hierarchical or Equal? --- p.154 / Objective Evaluation.. --- p.157 / Subjective Appreciation --- p.160 / Searching for Oneself: a Favorite Wine and a Preferred Taste --- p.165 / Conclusion --- p.171 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Comparing San Francisco and Hong Kong as to Wine --- p.174 / Introduction --- p.174 / Fieldwork in San Francisco --- p.175 / Drinkers´ة society vs Tasters' society --- p.176 / "Drinkers, Tasters and Producers" --- p.179 / Learning to Taste Wine in San Francisco --- p.182 / The Understanding of Wine and Taste in San Francicso --- p.185 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Conclusion --- p.192 / Chapter Appendix: --- Reference --- p.201

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_327445
Date January 2011
ContributorsSiu, Kit Wah Lydia., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Anthropology.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, iii, iii, 207 p. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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