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Garlic and Oil
Food and Politics in Italy
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Pasta, cappuccino, olive oil Italian food culture is a prominent feature of Western society in our cafes, restaurants and homes. But what is the history of Italian cuisine? And where do we get our notions about Italian food? Garlic and Oil is the fi rst comprehensive history of food habits in modern Italy. Chronicling the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, the author argues that politics dramatically affected the nature of Italian cuisine and food habits. Contrary to popu lar belief, the Italian diet was inadequate and unchanging for many decades. Drawing on the writings of scientific professionals, domestic economists, government officials, and consumers, the author shows how the miserable diet of so many Italians be came the subject of political debate and eventually, the target of government intervention. As successive regimes liberal, fascist, democratic struggled with the question of how to improve peoples eating habits, their actions purposefully and inad vertently affected what and how much Italians ate, shaping not only the foundations of Italian cuisine, but also the nature of Italian identity. Garlic and Oil is a popular national food history that offers a new perspective on the history of consume rism and food studies by examining how political change affects food consumption habits.
Berg Publishers; April 2004
256 pages; ISBN 9781845205423
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256 pages; ISBN 9781845205423
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Subject categories
- Academic > Anthropology > Manners and customs (General) > Customs relative to private life, Including children, marriage, eating and drinking, funeral customs, etc.
- Academic > Anthropology > Manners and customs (General)
- Academic > Anthropology
- Academic > Social Sciences
- Food and Wine > Italian
- Food and Wine > History
- History > Europe
- History > Italy
- Academic
- History
- Social Science
- Political Science
- Food and Wine
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9781859738900
9781845205423
1845205421