Italian American Women, Food, and Identity

Andrea L. Dottolo is an assistant professor of psychology at Rhode Island College and a resident scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, USA.Carol A. Dottolo is a retired educator from Liverpool Central School District, Liverpool, NY, USA. She specializing in reading and has extensive experience in teaching language and comprehension.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Method.- 3. The Recipes.- 4. Authenticity and an Italian Imaginary.- 5. Slicing White Bre(a)d.- 6. Power.- 7. Love, Loss and Longing.- 8. Bodies- Italian and American Femininity.- 9. Conclusion.

“Italian American Women, Food, and Identity: Stories at the Table is an important volume to those conducting interdisciplinary studies on working-class women, food, and identity.” (Nancy Caronia, Italian American Review, Vol. 10 (2), 2020)