AIHA American Italian Historical Association

AIHA Conference Volume

29. 1996. A Tavola! Food, Tradition, and Community Among Italian Americans. . Edvige Giunta and Samuel J. Patti, eds. 137 pp. Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 14-15, 1996.

Table of Contents
Edvige Giunta and Samuel J. Patti, Introduction Е p. i

Food and Identity: The Personal and the Cultural
Suzanne Branciforte, The Madeleine Became a Cavatello: Food, Memory, and Italian-American Identity Е p. 1

Camille Cauti, УPass the Identity, PleaseФ: Culinary Passing in America Е p. 10

John R. Mitrano, УI Have a Craving for ItalianЕФ: Food and Ethnic Identity Formation Among Generation X Italian Americans Е p. 20

Food as Culture: Productions and Reproductions
Annette Wheeler Cafarelli, Cena Trimalchionis: Identity in the Publishing Industry Е p. 33

Jennifer Lucchino, Deciphering Italian American Kitchen Design Е p. 49

Stefano Luconi, Not Only УA TavolaФ: Radio Broadcasting and Patterns of Ethnic Consumption Among Italian Americans in the Interwar Years Е p. 58

Elizabeth G. Messina, Soul-Food ad Psychologically Transcendent Ways of Knowing in Household Saints Е p. 68

Cassandra Vivian, Festa di Quarata: A Binding Tradition Е p. 83

Food in Literature: Contexts and Representations
Edvige Giunta, УSpills of Mysterious SubstancesФ or Making OneТs Own History: Tina De Rosa, Louise DeSalvo, Sandra Mortola Gilbert, and Rose Romano Е p. 97

Josephine Hendin, Festas and Foodfights: Italian-American Postmodernism as a Feast of Words Е p. 107

Julia Lisella, Radicalizing an Uncertain Past: The Poetry of Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni Е p. 115

Contributors Е p. 129

Index Е p. 135