A matter of taste : how names, fashions, and culture change /
Lieberson, Stanley, 1933-2018
A matter of taste : how names, fashions, and culture change / Stanley Lieberson. - xvi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-316) and index.
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.
0300083858 9780300083859
00104460
Names, Personal--United States
Fashion
Fads
Social change.
Social choice
CS2367 / .L54 2000
302.13
A matter of taste : how names, fashions, and culture change / Stanley Lieberson. - xvi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-316) and index.
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.
0300083858 9780300083859
00104460
Names, Personal--United States
Fashion
Fads
Social change.
Social choice
CS2367 / .L54 2000
302.13