The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City

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The Italian American Table The Italian American Table Food, Family, and Community in New York City SIMONE CINOTTO UNIversITY oF IllINoIs Press Urbana, Chicago, and springfield © 2013 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 c p 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Control Number: 2013948292 This book is dedicated to the memory of Maria and Anna Spinelli, immigrant women workers. Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part I. The social origins of ethnic Tradition: Food, Family, and Community in Italian Harlem 1. The Contested Table: Food, Gender, and Generations in Italian Harlem, 1920–1930 19 2. “Sunday Dinner? You Had to Be There!”: Making Food, Family, and Nation in Italian Harlem, 1930–1940 47 3. An American Foodscape: Food, Place, and Race in Italian Harlem 72 Part II. Producing and Consuming Italian American Identities: The ethnic Food Trade 4. The American Business of Italian Food: Producers, Consumers, and the Making of Ethnic Identities 105 5. “Buy Italian!”: Imports, Diasporic Nationalism, and the Politics of Authenticity 155 6. Serving Ethnicity: Italian Restaurants, American Eaters, and the Making of an Ethnic Popular Culture 180 Epilogue 211 Notes 219 Index 257 ...