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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783728703321

Autore

Counihan Carole <1948-, >

Titolo

Around the Tuscan table : food, family, and gender in twentieth century Florence / / Carole M. Counihan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-93962-4

0-415-94672-7

1-135-93963-2

1-280-05180-9

0-203-49100-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

394.1/2

Soggetti

Food habits - Italy - Florence - History - 20th century

Florence (Italy) Social life and customs 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Food as Voice in Twentieth-Century Florence; Florentine Cuisine and Culture; Historical Roots of Florentine Food, Family, and Gender; Florentine Diet and Culture; Food Production, Reproduction, and Gender; Balancing Gender Differences; Commensality, Family, and Community; Parents and Children: Feeding and Gender; Food and Gender: Toward the Future; Conclusion: Molto, Ma Buono?; Life Synopses of Subjects in 1984; Glossary of Italian Terms; Recipe List: Recipes Collected from All Subjects; Recipes; Notes

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

In this delicious book, noted food scholar Carole M. Counihan presents a compelling and artfully told narrative about family and food in late 20th-century Florence.  Based on solid research, Counihan examines how family, and especially gender  have changed in Florence since the end of World War II to the present, giving us a portrait of the changing nature of modern life as exemplified through food and foodways.