Cultural Roots of Slow Food

Ilaria Tabusso Marcyan is assistant teaching professor at Arizona State University.

• Table of ContentsMap of Italy AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Cultural Roots of Slow Food: Peasants, Partisans and the Landscape of Italian ResistanceChapter 1: A Story of Peasant Resistance: The Cervi FamilyChapter 2: Nuto Revelli and the Disappearing Voices of Peasant ResistanceChapter 3: The Silenced Resistance: L'Agnese va a morireChapter 4: Ecological and Cultural Landscapes in Ermanno Olmi’s DocumentariesConclusion: Slow FoodBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

In this highly original book, Ilaria Tabusso Marcyan has prepared a precious recipe to relish the complex and beautiful texture of the Italian landscape. On a solid Gramscian cooking basis, she blends Slow Food and the Resistance against the nazi fascist regime, the subaltern stories of farmers, and their representations into Italian cultures. The Cultural Roots of Slow Food is an excellent example of the power of environmental humanities to go beyond disciplines while nurturing the readers with the healthy food of stories of resistance and transformation.