The Market Hall Revisited Cultures of Consumption in Urban Food Retail During the Long Twentieth Century
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The market hall revisited Cultures of consumption in urban food retail during the long twentieth century Jenny Lee Linköping Studies in Arts and Science No. 497 Linköping University, Department of Culture Studies (Tema Q) Department for Studies of Social Change and Culture (ISAK) Linköping 2009 -JOLÚQJOH4UVEJFTJO"SUTBOE4DJFODFt/P "UUIF'BDVMUZPG"SUTBOE4DJFODFBU-JOLÚQJOHTVOJWFSTJUFU SFTFBSDI BOEEPDUPSBMTUVEJFTBSFDBSSJFEPVUXJUIJOCSPBEQSPCMFNBSFBT3F- TFBSDI JT PSHBOJ[FE JO JOUFSEJTDJQMJOBSZ SFTFBSDI FOWJSPONFOUT BOE EPDUPSBMTUVEJFTNBJOMZJOHSBEVBUFTDIPPMT+PJOUMZ UIFZQVCMJTIUIF TFSJFT-JOLÚQJOH4UVEJFTJO"SUTBOE4DJFODF5IJTUIFTJTDPNFTGSPN UIF%FQBSUNFOUPG$VMUVSF4UVEJFT 5FNB2 BUUIF%FQBSUNFOUGPS 4UVEJFTPG4PDJBM$IBOHFBOE$VMUVSF *4", "UUIF%FQBSUNFOUPG$VMUVSF4UVEJFT 5FNBLVMUVSPDITBNIÊMMF 5FNB2 DVMUVSFJTTUVEJFEBTBEZOBNJDmFMEPGQSBDUJDFT JODMVE- JOHBHFODZBTXFMMBTTUSVDUVSF BOEDVMUVSBMQSPEVDUTBTXFMMBTUIF XBZUIFZBSFQSPEVDFE DPOTVNFE DPNNVOJDBUFEBOEVTFE5FNB 2JTQBSUPGUIFMBSHFS%FQBSUNFOUGPS4UVEJFTPG4PDJBM$IBOHFBOE $VMUVSF *4", %JTUSJCVUJPO %FQBSUNFOUPG$VMUVSF4UVEJFT 5FNB2 -JOLÚQJOHTVOJWFSTJUFU SE-581 83 Linköping 4XFEFO +FOOZ-FF 5IFNBSLFUIBMMSFWJTJUFE $VMUVSFTPGDPOTVNQUJPOJOVSCBOGPPESFUBJM EVSJOHUIFMPOHUXFOUJFUIDFOUVSZ &EJUJPO *4#/ *44/ ª+FOOZ-FF %FQBSUNFOUPG$VMUVSF4UVEJFT 5FNB2 %FQBSUNFOUGPS4UVEJFTPG4PDJBM$IBOHFBOE$VMUVSF *4", &OHMJTIQSPPGSFBEJOH4UFGBO1FTTJSJMP $PWFSEFTJHO%FOOJT/FU[FMM #PPLEFTJHOUZQFTFUUJOH'SBODJT-FF 1SJOUFECZ-J65SZDL -JOLÚQJOH 1SJOUFE XJUI TVQQPSU GSPN ,VOHM (VTUBW "EPMGT "LBEFNJFO GÚS TWFOTLGPMLLVMUVSBOE4UJGUFMTFO"YFM)JSTDITGPOE 4FUJO,-*./BUJPOBMBOE*5$-FHBDZ4FSJG Contents Acknowledgements .................................. 7 1. Introduction ...................................... 11 1VSQPTFBOESFTFBSDIRVFTUJPOT 11 5IFPSJHJOTPGUIF4XFEJTINBSLFUIBMMT 1 8IZ4UPDLIPMN 1 2. Theoretical perspectives .......................... 19 'PPEQSPWJTJPOJOHJODJUJFT 1 $POTVNQUJPO 3 5IFDJUZ 8 2VBMJUZ SBUJPOBMJUZBOEBVUIFOUJDJUZ 3 3. Ethnography and history: a long-distance relationship? .. 37 .FUIPEBOENBUFSJBMGPSQBSU 3 .FUIPEBOENBUFSJBMGPSQBSU .FUIPEBOENBUFSJBMGPSQBSU 8 Part 1. Dreams of modernity: the rise of the market hall ............................57 4. Stockholm on the brink of modernity ................ 61 $POHFTUFEDJUZ 61 4IBQJOHUIFNBSLFU 6 5SBOTDFOEJOHUIFQSPWJODJBMDIBSBDUFS 6 5IF.BSLFU$PNNJUUFFVOEFSUBLFTBOJOWFTUJHBUJPO 3VMFTBOESFHVMBUJPOTPOUIFSJTF 8 .BSLFUIBMMTBTHFOFSBUPSTPGNPEFSOJUZBOE VSCBOQSFTUJHF 88 5IFIBSTISFBMJUJFT 5 5. 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