Moral Taste
One of the particular concerns of the Victorians was the notion of ‘taste’ and the idea that good taste in any field – clothing, décor, landscape, music, art, even food – meant good taste in all, and that tastefulness was a reliable sign of moral sensitivity, indeed of national, even racial, quality. Moral Taste is a study of the ideological work done by the equation of good taste and moral refin...
One of the particular concerns of the Victorians was the notion of ‘taste’ and the idea that good taste in any field – clothing, décor, landscape, music, art, even food – meant good taste in all, and that tastefulness was a reliable sign of moral sensitivity, indeed of national, even racial, quality. Moral Taste is a study of the ideological work done by the equation of good taste and moral refin...
