Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth Century Florence

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 7
Preface and Acknowledgments......Page 8
Introduction......Page 13
Food-Centered Life Histories as Voice......Page 14
Food as Voice of Modernity......Page 16
Food as Voice of Family and Gender......Page 18
Florence......Page 20
One Florentine Family......Page 22
Introduction......Page 28
Cuisine and Cultural Identity......Page 30
Cuisine and Class......Page 33
Cuisine and Memory......Page 36
Gola: Desire, Pleasure, and Moderation......Page 38
Eating as Consolation......Page 40
Health: Balance with Body and Nature......Page 41
Introduction......Page 46
The Mezzadria System......Page 47
Mezzadria Family and Gender Relations......Page 49
Mezzadria Diet and Roots of Florentine Cuisine......Page 51
Mezzadria Peasants, World War I, and the Red Years......Page 54
Fascist Food Policy......Page 57
Fascism and Gender......Page 58
Food and Hunger in Florence in World War II......Page 60
Postwar Italy......Page 65
Introduction......Page 67
Meals......Page 68
Holidays......Page 72
Flavors and Spices......Page 73
Bread......Page 74
Legumes and Minestre......Page 75
Pasta and Other Grains......Page 77
Vegetables......Page 78
Fruits and Nuts......Page 79
Meat, Milk, and Cheese......Page 80
Eggs......Page 82
Dried Fish......Page 83
Olives, Olive Oil, Lard, and Other Fats......Page 84
Wine......Page 86
Production, Reproduction, and Gender Power......Page 88
Women, Reproductive Labor, and Cooking......Page 89
Women and Production......Page 96
Men: Freedom from Reproductive Labor......Page 99
Men and Production......Page 103
Introduction......Page 105
Marriage, Courtship, and Gender Ideology......Page 106
Economic Power and Gender......Page 112
Body and Gender: Commodification and Resistance......Page 118
Commensality and Relationships: “The table unites us”......Page 125
Meal Division of Labor......Page 126
Family Meals: Pleasure, Tension, and Socialization......Page 127
Eating Alone......Page 131
Eating with Friends......Page 133
Shopping and Social Life......Page 136
Crossing Social Boundaries: Meals and Fidanzamento......Page 139
Introduction......Page 147
Women’s Responsibilities in the Family......Page 148
Feeding in Pregnancy......Page 149
Breast-feeding......Page 151
Refusing Food, Refusing Connection......Page 155
Eating and Parent—Child Ties: Nurturing Male Dependence......Page 157
Burdens and Conflicts for Younger Couples......Page 161
Maternalism and Sacrifice......Page 163
Introduction......Page 165
Men, Women, and Work Outside the Home......Page 166
Gender and Work in the Household......Page 171
Youth and Changing Cuisine......Page 179
Foodways in the New Millennium......Page 184
Abundance, Variety, and Surfeit......Page 185
Processing, Experimentation, and Innovation......Page 190
Increasing Scale of Production and Distribution......Page 193
Diet, Health, and Resistance......Page 194
Food, Family, and Gender in the Twenty-First Century......Page 196
APPENDIX A Life Synopses of Subjects in 1984......Page 199
APPENDIX B Glossary of Italian Terms......Page 202
APPENDIX C Recipe List: Recipes Collected from All Subjects......Page 209
APPENDIX D Recipes......Page 214
Notes......Page 225
Bibliography......Page 240
Index......Page 253