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Taste as a Social Weapon@@@Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste.

Vera L. Zolberg, +2 more
- 01 Jul 1986 - 
- Vol. 15, Iss: 4, pp 511
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This article is published in Contemporary Sociology.The article was published on 1986-07-01. It has received 512 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Taste (sociology) & Judgement.

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