This book is about Italian American women, food, identity, and our stories at the table. As this study centers on the intergenerational transmission of culture, the authors' relationship mirrors these questions as they contend with their similar and disparate experiences and relationships with Italian American identity and food.
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)
Andrea Dottolo, Ellyn Kaschak, USA) Dottolo, Andrea (Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, USA) Kaschak, Ellyn (San Jose State University, CA, Andrea L. Dottolo
Andrea Dottolo, Ellyn Kaschak, USA) Dottolo, Andrea (Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, USA) Kaschak, Ellyn (San Jose State University, CA, Andrea L. Dottolo