Date of Award
Summer 8-2015
Degree Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology and Sociology
Committee Chair
Jeffrey Kaufmann
Committee Chair Department
Anthropology and Sociology
Committee Member 2
Bridget Hayden
Committee Member 2 Department
Anthropology and Sociology
Committee Member 3
John Meyer
Committee Member 3 Department
Communication Studies
Abstract
This thesis studies the craft beer culture in Hattiesburg in order to answer the research question: Is taste what draws people to this culture? Beyond conducting classic participant-observation, I deployed the method of sensory activated participant-observation in my fieldwork. In so doing, this research centers the perspective and the data collected on the senses, especially the taste of craft beer. The purpose of this research is to add to our knowledge of the anthropology of the senses and contribute to the literature on the anthropology of taste.
Copyright
2015, Yingkun Hou
Recommended Citation
Hou, Yingkun, "An Ethnography of Taste: Craft Beer Culture in Hattiesburg" (2015). Master's Theses. 131.
https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/131
Included in
Other Sociology Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, Sociology of Culture Commons