Hungering for America : Italian, Irish, and Jewish foodways in the age of migration

The Resource Hungering for America : Italian, Irish, and Jewish foodways in the age of migration

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Hungering for America : Italian, Irish, and Jewish foodways in the age of migration

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Italian, Irish, and Jewish foodways in the age of migration

Statement of responsibility

Hasia R. Diner

Language

eng

Summary

"Millions of immigrants were drawn to American shores, not by the mythic streets paved with gold, but rather by its tables heaped with food. How they experienced the realities of America's abundant food - its meat and white bread, its butter and cheese, fruits and vegetables, coffee and beer - reflected their earlier deprivations and shaped their ethnic practices in the new land."
"Hungering for America tells the stories of three distinctive groups and their unique culinary dramas. Italian immigrants transformed the food of their upper classes and of sacred days into a generic "Italian" food that inspired community pride and cohesion. Irish immigrants, in contrast, loath to mimic the foodways of the Protestant British elite, diminished food as a marker of ethnicity. And East European Jews, who venerated food as the vital center of family and religious practice, found that dietary restrictions jarred with America's boundless choices."--Jacket

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

394.1/2/08691

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Language note

English

LC call number

GT2853.U5

LC item number

D54 2001eb

Literary form

non fiction

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