| Description |
xvi, 265 pages : photographs; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part 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 19 -- 2 "Sunday Dinner? You Had to Be There!": Making Food, Family, and Nation in Italian Harlem, 1930-1940 47 -- 3 An American Foodscape: Food, Place, and Race in Italian Harlem 72 -- Part 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 105 -- 5 "Buy Italian!": Imports, Diasporic Nationalism, and the Politics of Authenticity 155 -- 6 Serving Ethnicity: Italian Restaurants, American Eaters, and the Making of an Ethnic Popular Culture 180. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Italian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs.
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Italian Americans -- Food -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Food habits -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Italian American families -- New York (State) -- New York.
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| ISBN |
9780252079344 |
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0252079345 |
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0252037731 |
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9780252037733 |
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