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Author:

Cinotto, Simone, author.

Title:

The Italian American table : food, family, and community in New York City / Simone Cinotto.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xvi, 265 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Italian Americans--New York--New York--Social life and customs.
Italian Americans--Food--New York.--New York.
Food habits--Social aspects--New York.--New York.
Italian American families--New York.--New York.
East Harlem (New York N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Food and Drink.--ukslc.
Italian Americans--Food--New York (State)--New York.
Italian Americans--New York (State)--New York--Ethnic identity.
Italian Americans--New York (State)--New York--Social life and customs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-256) and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Social Origins of Ethnic Tradition: Food, Family, and Community in Italian Harlem -- 1.The Contested Table: Food, Gender, and Generations in Italian Harlem, 1920 -- 1930 -- 2."Sunday Dinner? You Had to Be There!": Making Food, Family, and Nation in Italian Harlem, 1930 -- 1940 -- 3.An American Foodscape: Food, Place, and Race in Italian Harlem -- pt. II Producing and Consuming Italian American Identities: The Ethnic Food Trade -- 4.The American Business of Italian Food: Producers, Consumers, and the Making of Ethnic Identities -- 5."Buy Italian!": Imports, Diasporic Nationalism, and the Politics of Authenticity -- 6.Serving Ethnicity: Italian Restaurants, American Eaters, and the Making of an Ethnic Popular Culture.

ISBN:

9780252079344 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0252079345 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780252037733 (hardback : alk. paper)
0252037731 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)843858222

LCCN:

2013948292

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)