Matter of Taste : How Names, Fashions, and Culture Change

Name: Matter of Taste : How Names, Fashions, and Culture Change
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ISBN: 9780300083859

ISBN-10: 0300083858

ISBN-13: 9780300083859

Edition: 2000

Authors: Stanley Lieberson

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This volume analyzes children's first names to develop an original theory of fashion. It disputes the commonly-held notion that tastes in names and other fashions simply reflect societal shifts.

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 8/11/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 350
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue



Tastes: Why Do They Become What They Become?



Becoming a Fashion



How the Social Order Influences Names After They Become a Matter of Taste--And How It Doesn't



The Ratchet Effect



Other Internal Mechanisms



Models of the Fashion Process



Ethnic and Racial Groups



Entertainment and Entertainers



Broader Issues: The Cultural Surface and Cultural Change



Sources for Graphs in Chapter 2



Use of Ethnic Data in Chapter 7


Notes


References


Index