Feeding Fascism: The Politics of Women's Food Work
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| Management number | 201811234 | Release Date | 2025/10/08 | List Price | $12.76 | Model Number | 201811234 | ||
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Feeding Fascism examines how women in Italy navigated the politics of the Fascist regime in their daily lives, connecting their political beliefs to their material world through illustrations of rare cookbooks, kitchen utensils, cafeteria plans, and culinary propaganda. It reveals the national stakes of daily choices and the power of food in asserting and negotiating women's authority.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 292 pages
Publication date: 19 December 2022
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Feeding Fascism delves into the intricate ways in which women navigated the political landscape of Italy's Fascist regime during their daily lives, while also ensuring the provision of food for their families through agricultural and industrial labor. The book explores the experiences of women under Fascism by examining the interplay between their material surroundings and their thoughts, emotions, and actions. Over the past decade, Diana Garvin has conducted extensive research in Italian museums, libraries, and archives, shedding light on the experiences of women during this tumultuous period. Feeding Fascism is enriched with illustrations of rare cookbooks, kitchen utensils, cafeteria plans, and culinary propaganda, serving as a visual connection between women's political beliefs and the places they inhabited, the objects they owned, and the resources they borrowed. Garvin draws upon firsthand accounts, including diaries, work songs, and drawings, to illustrate how women and the Fascist state engaged in a fierce battle over control of the national diet across various manifestations, including cooking, feeding, and eating. Through these accounts, she reveals the profound impact of daily choices on the nation's political landscape, as well as the delicate balance between resistance and consent. Feeding Fascism serves as a testament to the power of food, highlighting its ability to shape and influence individuals and communities.
Weight: 630g
Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781487551575
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