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35%OFFCarole M. Counihan - Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth Century Florence - 9780415946735 - V9780415946735
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Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth Century Florence

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Description for Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth Century Florence Paperback. .
In this delicious book, noted food scholar Carole M. Counihan presents a compelling and artfully told narrative about family and food in late 20th-century Florence. Based on solid research, Counihan examines how family, and especially gender have changed in Florence since the end of World War II to the present, giving us a portrait of the changing nature of modern life as exemplified through food and foodways.

Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415946735
SKU
V9780415946735
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About Carole M. Counihan
Carole M. Counihan is Professor of Anthropology and the Director of Women's Studies at Millersville University in Pennsylvania. She is currently the editor of Food andFoodways. She has authored and co-edited several books on the anthropology of food, including: Food in the U.S.A., Food and Culture, and The Anthropology of Food and Body (all published by Routledge).

Reviews for Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth Century Florence
"A labor of love and mature scholarschip, Around theTuscan Table is an eloquent chronicle of major social transformations. By giving voice to ordinary people, Counihan offers a bittersweet tale of how Florentines experienced the modern dietary transition from poverty to abundance."
Warren Belasco, editor of Food Nations "Carole Counihan's remarkable portrait of an extended Florentine family reveals how food ... Read more

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