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Author:   Dr Peter Naccarato (Marymount Manhattan College, USA) ,  Dr Zachary Nowak (Umbra Institute, Italy) ,  Dr Elgin K. Eckert (Umbra Institute, Italy)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9781350085756

ISBN 10:   1350085758
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 November 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Figures Acknowledgments Editors' Introduction: Presenting Food, Representing Italy Peter Naccarato (Marymount Manhattan College, USA), Zachary Nowak, and Elgin Eckert (The Umbra Institute, Italy) Part I: (Re)presenting Iconic Italy 1. The Belated Revenge of Today’s Farmers Massimo Montanari (University of Bologna, Italy) 2. Authenticity all’italiana: Food Discourses, Diasporas, and the Limits of Cuisine in Contemporary Italy Aliza Wong (Texas Tech University, USA) 3. Slow Food Movement and Facebook: The Paradox of Advocating Slow Living through Fast Technology Ginevra Adamoli (Independent Scholar, Italy) Part II: Representing Italy in Literature and Film 4. Casalinghitudine: Recipes for Political History Ernesto Livorni (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 5. Inspector Montalbano a tavola: Food in Andrea Camilleri’s Police Fiction Elgin Eckert (The Umbra Institute, Italy) 6. There’s a Mobster in the Kitchen: Cooking, Eating, and Complications of Gender in Mafia Movies and Television Peter Naccarato (Marymount Manhattan College, USA) 7. In cibo veritas: Food Preparation and Consumption in Ozpetek’s “Queer” Films Elgin Eckert and Zachary Nowak (The Umbra Institute, Italy) Part III: Marketing, Packaging, and Advertising Italy 9. Semiotics of Sauce: National Identity and Naming of Pasta Sauces Maryann Tebben (Bard College, USA) 10. Producing Consumers: How 1950’s Food Advertisements in La cucina italiana Evoke and Create Gendered Bodies Diana Garvin (Cornell University, USA) 11. A Kitchen with a View: Perspectives on Italian Gender Roles in Barilla Food Commercials 1950-1970 Antonella Valoroso (The Umbra Institute, Italy) Part IV: Global Representations of Italy 12. Italian Food in the United States Ken Albala (University of the Pacific, USA) 13. Leggo’s not-so-Autentico: Toward an Alternative Account of 20th Century Italo-Australian Foodways Rachel Ankeny & Tania Cammarano, University of Adelaide, Australia 14. Italian Food in Israel: Stuffing Up in an Imagined Mediterranean Nir Avieli (Ben Gurion University, Israel) 15. Afterword: Italy Represented Peter Naccarato (Marymount Manhattan College, USA), Zachary Nowak, and Elgin Eckert (The Umbra Institute, Italy) Bibliography Index

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This intriguing interdisciplinary collection explores representations of Italian foodways in advertising, film, literature, cookbooks, and social media to address questions surrounding national identity, gender roles, change, and authenticity. Its detailed and fascinating case studies enrich understanding of Italian identity and food habits as they play out at home and are re-imagined around the globe. * Carole Counihan, Millersville University, USA * This volume is a valuable addition to the field of Italian food studies. Its great virtue is giving equal importance to the use of food to represent the country to its own inhabitants, and the centrality of food in representations of Italy abroad. * Jonathan Morris, University of Hertfordshire, UK * Representing Italy Through Food is a unique multi-disciplinary collection that looks at the ways in which Italian identity is constructed and promoted through food in Italy and abroad. The editors have brought together a collection of essays by Italian and international authors that range from literary representation of Italian food to the use of technology in promoting the Slow Food Movement. This volume is sure to be a useful resource for the Food Studies and Italian Studies classroom. * Rachel Black, Connecticut College, USA *

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Peter Naccarato is Professor of English and World Literatures at Marymount Manhattan College, USA Zachary Nowak is Associate Director for the Food & Sustainability Program at The Umbra Institute, Italy Elgin K. Eckert is Assistant Professor for Italian and Cultural Studies at The Umbra Institute, Italy

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