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

ISBN:

9780415946735

Title:

Author:

Counihan, Carole, 1948-, author.

Personal Author:

Counihan, Carole, 1948-, author.

Physical Description:

248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Contents:

1. Food as Voice in Twentieth-Century Florence -- 2. Florentine Cuisine and Culture -- 3. Historical Roots of Florentine Food, Family, and Gender -- 4. Florentine Diet and Culture -- 5. Food Production, Reproduction, and Gender -- 6. Balancing Gender Differences -- 7. Commensality, Family, and Community -- 8. Parents and Children: Feeding and Gender -- 9. Food and Gender: Toward the Future -- 10. Conclusion: Molto, Ma Buono? -- App. A. Life Synopses of Subjects in 1984 -- App. B. Glossary of Italian Terms -- App. C. Recipe List: Recipes Collected from All Subjects.

Subject Term:

Food habits -- Italy -- Tuscany -- History -- 20th century.

Family -- Italy -- Tuscany -- History -- 20th century.

Sex role -- Italy -- Tuscany -- History -- 20th century.

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

Food habits -- Italy -- Florence -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies.

Geographic Term:

Tuscany (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.

Florence (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.

Format:

Regular print

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0647/2003017144-d.html

Publication Date:

2004

Publication Information:

New York :

Routledge,

2004.

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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.

Author Notes

Carole M. Counihan is Professor of Anthropology at Millersville University in Pennsylvania

List of Illustrations	p. viii
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. ix
1 Food as Voice in Twentieth-Century Florence	p. 1
2 Florentine Cuisine and Culture	p. 17
3 Historical Roots of Florentine Food, Family, and Gender	p. 35
4 Florentine Diet and Culture	p. 57
5 Food Production, Reproduction, and Gender	p. 79
6 Balancing Gender Differences	p. 97
7 Commensality, Family, and Community	p. 117
8 Parents and Children: Feeding and Gender	p. 139
9 Food and Gender: Toward the Future	p. 157
10 Conclusion: Molto, Ma Buono?	p. 177
Appendices
Appendix A Life Synopses of Subjects in 1984	p. 193
Appendix B Glossary of Italian Terms	p. 197
Appendix C Recipe List: Recipes Collected from All Subjects	p. 205
Appendix D Recipes	p. 211
Notes	p. 223
Bibliography	p. 235
Index	p. 245

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