Occupational Aesthetics

How Trade School Students Learn to Cook

Bibliographic Data

ID2344151
AuthorsGary Alan Fine (0000-0002-2431-1562, corresponding author)
Year1985
Volume14
Issue1
Pages3-31
Publication date1985-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Life (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0098-3039
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0098303985014001001
OpenAlexW1974324060
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited29

Despite considerable research on occupational socialization, little attention has been paid to aesthetic standards associated with occupations. To the extent that aesthetics has been considered by sociologists, it has been within the world of fine art. Yet practitioners of many occupations use aesthetic criteria in judging the work of their colleagues. I examine how students (trainees) become socialized to the standards of cooking in trade schools. Although these cooking students are being trained for entry-level positions in "industry" (and not explicitly as artists), they are still expected to follow the aesthetic conventions of their occupation. Data on aesthetic socialization in trade schools and the limits of that socialization are based upon a two-year participant observation study of two trade school Hotel and Restaurant Training programs

Aesthetics · Art · Socialization · Sociology · Work (physics) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Engineering · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology

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