RECIPE FOR ITALIANS THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD IN THE MAKING OF ITALIANS

My thesis topic is on the formation of Italian identity through the lens of food in literature. I look specifically at four different works: three literary works, and one film. I demonstrate that Italy is a relatively young nation and it is still divided among its different regions, however, because...

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Main Author:	LO GRECO, THOMAS GAETANO
Other Authors:	Cavatorta, Giuseppe
Language:	en_US
Published:	The University of Arizona. 2016
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613232 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/613232

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RECIPE FOR ITALIANS THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD IN THE MAKING OF ITALIANS

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