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Autore: | Begin Camille <1984-> |
Titolo: | Taste of the nation : the New Deal search for America's food / / Camille Begin |
Pubblicazione: | Urbana, IL : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2016 |
©2016 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
Disciplina: | 641.30097309/04 |
Soggetto topico: | Food habits - United States - History - 20th century |
Food writing - United States - History - 20th century | |
Diet - United States - History - 20th century | |
Food - United States - History - 20th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Social life and customs 1918-1945 |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-213) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: sensing food in the New Deal era -- America eats: the making of a sensory archive -- Romance of the homemade -- Tasting place, sensing race -- An American culinary heritage? Mexican food in the Southwest -- A "well-filled melting pot" -- Conclusion: how taste is made. |
Sommario/riassunto: | The role of taste in a culinary transformation |
Camille Begin shapes a cultural and sensory history of New Deal-era eating from the FWP archives. From "ravioli, the diminutive derbies of pastries, the crowns stuffed with a well-seasoned paste" to barbeque seasoning that integrated "salt, black pepper, dried red chili powder, garlic, oregano, cumin seed, and cayenne pepper" while "tomatoes, green chili peppers, onions, and olive oil made up the sauce", Begin describes in mouth-watering detail how Americans tasted their food. They did so in ways that varied, and varied widely, depending on race, ethnicity, class, and region. Begin explores how likes and dislikes, cravings and disgust operated within local sensory economies that she culls from the FWP's vivid descriptions, visual cues, culinary expectations, recipes and accounts of restaurant meals. She illustrates how nostalgia, prescriptive gender ideals, and racial stereotypes shaped how the FWP was able to frame regional food cultures as "American." | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Taste of the nation : the New Deal search for America's food |
ISBN: | 0-252-09851-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910798399703321 |
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