Peter Naccarato is Professor of English and World Literatures at Marymount Manhattan College, USAZachary Nowak is Associate Director for the Food & Sustainability Program at The Umbra Institute, ItalyElgin K. Eckert is Assistant Professor for Italian and Cultural Studies at The Umbra Institute, Italy

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsEditors' Introduction: Presenting Food, Representing ItalyPeter Naccarato (Marymount Manhattan College, USA), Zachary Nowak, and Elgin Eckert (The Umbra Institute, Italy)Part I: (Re)presenting Iconic Italy 1. The Belated Revenge of Today’s FarmersMassimo Montanari (University of Bologna, Italy) 2. Authenticity all’italiana: Food Discourses, Diasporas, and the Limits of Cuisine in Contemporary ItalyAliza Wong (Texas Tech University, USA)3. Slow Food Movement and Facebook: The Paradox of Advocating Slow Living through Fast Technology Ginevra Adamoli (Independent Scholar, Italy)Part II: Representing Italy in Literature and Film 4. Casalinghitudine: Recipes for Political HistoryErnesto Livorni (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)5. Inspector Montalbano a tavola: Food in Andrea Camilleri’s Police Fiction Elgin Eckert (The Umbra Institute, Italy)6. There’s a Mobster in the Kitchen: Cooking, Eating, and Complications of Gender in Mafia Movies and Television Peter Naccarato (Marymount Manhattan College, USA)7. In cibo veritas: Food Preparation and Consumption in Ozpetek’s “Queer” Films Elgin Eckert and Zachary Nowak (The Umbra Institute, Italy)Part III: Marketing, Packaging, and Advertising Italy9. Semiotics of Sauce: National Identity and Naming of Pasta Sauces Maryann Tebben (Bard College, USA)10. Producing Consumers: How 1950’s Food Advertisements in La cucina italiana Evoke and Create Gendered Bodies Diana Garvin (Cornell University, USA)11. A Kitchen with a View: Perspectives on Italian Gender Roles in Barilla Food Commercials 1950-1970 Antonella Valoroso (The Umbra Institute, Italy)Part IV: Global Representations of Italy12. Italian Food in the United States Ken Albala (University of the Pacific, USA)13. Leggo’s not-so-Autentico: Toward an Alternative Account of 20th Century Italo-Australian Foodways Rachel Ankeny & Tania Cammarano, University of Adelaide, Australia14. Italian Food in Israel: Stuffing Up in an Imagined Mediterranean Nir Avieli (Ben Gurion University, Israel)15. Afterword: Italy Represented Peter Naccarato (Marymount Manhattan College, USA), Zachary Nowak, and Elgin Eckert (The Umbra Institute, Italy)BibliographyIndex

This intriguing interdisciplinary collection explores representations of Italian foodways in advertising, film, literature, cookbooks, and social media to address questions surrounding national identity, gender roles, change, and authenticity. Its detailed and fascinating case studies enrich understanding of Italian identity and food habits as they play out at home and are re-imagined around the globe.