The Italian Way : Food and Social Life


Douglas. Harper
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt
Chicago, Ill. : : University of Chicago Press, , c2009.
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1 online resource (313 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; Setting the Table; Frames of Reference; Part One; Love; Power; Labor; Part Two; Constructing Food the Italian Way; Food Combinations,Meal Sequence, and Bodily Well-Being; Class, Regionalism,and Commitment; Digestivo by Patrizia Faccioli; Cibo per la mente (Food for Thought); Glossary of Italian Terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - Outside of Italy, the country's culture and its food appear to be essentially synonymous. And indeed, as The Italian Way makes clear, preparing, cooking, and eating food play a central role in the daily activities of Italians from all walks of life. In this beautifully illustrated book, Douglas Harper and Patrizia Faccioli present a fascinating and colorful look at the Italian table. The Italian Way focuses on two dozen families in the city of Bologna, elegantly weaving together Harper's outsider perspective with Faccioli's intimate knowledge of the loc
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Food - Social aspects - Italy
Food -- Italy.
Anthropology
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ISBN
0226317242. - 9780226317243

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