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Food in the USA: A Reader


The Anthropology of Food and Body: Gender, Meaning and Power


Food and Culture: A Reader


Food and Gender: Identity and Power


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Around the Tuscan Table

Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth Century Florence
By Carole Counihan (New York: Routledge, 2004)


See the publisher's page for Around the Tuscan Table

See a Slowfood review in Italian of Around the Tuscan Table by John Irving entitled "Dal baccal` ai bastoncini"


Table of Contents

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