A mass-produced yet "authentic" food : a transatlantic history of pasta, identity, and national values in Italy and the US, 1890 to 1974

Pasta gained international popularity simultaneously as both a banal and a culturally symbolic food in the 20th century. This dissertation contends that as pasta emerged in US and Italian consumer culture, negotiation of its dual meanings unfolded in the market as discourses of national and regional...

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Main Author: Gray, Melissa Faith
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2017
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1499450057
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1177&context=etd