What social and cultural structures lie behind the seemingly ‘illogical’ or ‘unanswerable’ element of taste?

Culture and Society

Partly because it doesn’t claim to be logical, or even reasonable, taste accomplishes powerful cultural provocation and persuasion.” (Ben Highmore, ‘Bitter Tastes’, in A Passion for Cultural Studies, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, p.21).

What social and cultural structures lie behind the seemingly ‘illogical’ or ‘unanswerable’ element of taste?

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What social and cultural structures lie behind the seemingly ‘illogical’ or ‘unanswerable’ element of taste?
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