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Snobbery and the triumph of bourgeois values: a speculative analysis of implications for hospitality

Wood, R. C. (2017) Snobbery and the triumph of bourgeois values: a speculative analysis of implications for hospitality. Research in Hospitality Management. 4(1/2), pp. 9-12. 2224-3534.

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Abstract:
This is a ‘small’ paper that offers a broad-brush view of the nature of bourgeois values and implications of the same for our understanding of certain aspects of hospitality. The argument is speculative, but assertive. Bourgeois values, it is suggested, are inevitably snobbish in nature and designed to both construct and maintain largely irrelevant ‘cultural’ differences between and within social classes. This generation of difference is integrally consistent with the capitalist mode of production, facilitating the creation of demand for essentially artificial needs and wants. In the context of hospitality, bourgeois values sustain a language of hierarchy that simultaneously creates a culture of aspiration while allowing enterprises to extract optimum economic value from carefully segmented markets.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Creators:
Wood, R. C.
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
Faculties > Faculty of Business & Law > Events, Tourism & Hospitality
Date:
18 January 2017
Date Type:
Publication
Page Range:
pp. 9-12
Journal or Publication Title:
Research in Hospitality Management
Volume:
4
Number:
1/2
Number of Pages:
4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1080/22243534.2014.11828308
ISSN:
2224-3534
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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