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Pasta, Pizza and Propaganda : A Political History of Italian Food TV.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Trajectories of Italian Cinema and Media SeriesPublisher: Bristol : Intellect, Limited, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (171 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781789384086
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pasta, Pizza and PropagandaDDC classification:
  • 302.2345094509045
LOC classification:
  • PN1992.3.I8 B873 2022
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Literature Review, Theoretical Framework and Methodology -- Politics, television and food in Italy: Dangerous liaisons -- Theoretical framework -- Methodology -- Conclusion -- 2. 1954-70: Broadcasting Sacred Food -- Soldati 's journey to the Po Valley -- Soldati 's conception of genuineness -- Nature and Culture -- Culture and the past -- Where are the women? -- Soldati 's sacred food -- Linea contro Linea -- Conclusion -- 3. 1971-80: The Ephemeral Wind of Change -- A new political scenario -- A new TV scenario: RAI 's reformation -- A Tavola alle 7 -- Dimmi come Mangi and the dawn of neo-TV -- Conclusion -- 4. 1981-99: Going Back Home (and Back to the Kitchen) -- Riflusso and Italy in the 1980s and 1990s -- Wilma De Angelis and home cooking -- Food TV becomes a genre -- Conclusion -- 5. 2000-12: Eating TV, Food on Berlusconian Television -- The celebrity housewives and their shows -- The contrasting approaches towards foreign food -- Food in the news -- Conclusion -- 6. 2012-Present: The Celebrity Chef, Italian Style -- The invasion of the global formats -- A case of Italian adaptation: From Kitchen Nightmares to Cucine da Incubo -- A Cena da Me : Using food to talk about something else -- Food Network (Italia) -- The new celebrity chefs -- Alessandro Borghese and Simone Rugiati -- Female professional cooking -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- References -- Back Cover.
Summary: A lively and rigorous historical account of Italian food television narrated from a political point of view. In referring to the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu, the book links food, television and politics and shows how the three give way to the political construction of various versions of Italy, from 1954 to the present. 12 b/w photographs.    New Books Network (New Books in Italian Studies) interview with Francesco Buscemi.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Literature Review, Theoretical Framework and Methodology -- Politics, television and food in Italy: Dangerous liaisons -- Theoretical framework -- Methodology -- Conclusion -- 2. 1954-70: Broadcasting Sacred Food -- Soldati 's journey to the Po Valley -- Soldati 's conception of genuineness -- Nature and Culture -- Culture and the past -- Where are the women? -- Soldati 's sacred food -- Linea contro Linea -- Conclusion -- 3. 1971-80: The Ephemeral Wind of Change -- A new political scenario -- A new TV scenario: RAI 's reformation -- A Tavola alle 7 -- Dimmi come Mangi and the dawn of neo-TV -- Conclusion -- 4. 1981-99: Going Back Home (and Back to the Kitchen) -- Riflusso and Italy in the 1980s and 1990s -- Wilma De Angelis and home cooking -- Food TV becomes a genre -- Conclusion -- 5. 2000-12: Eating TV, Food on Berlusconian Television -- The celebrity housewives and their shows -- The contrasting approaches towards foreign food -- Food in the news -- Conclusion -- 6. 2012-Present: The Celebrity Chef, Italian Style -- The invasion of the global formats -- A case of Italian adaptation: From Kitchen Nightmares to Cucine da Incubo -- A Cena da Me : Using food to talk about something else -- Food Network (Italia) -- The new celebrity chefs -- Alessandro Borghese and Simone Rugiati -- Female professional cooking -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- References -- Back Cover.

A lively and rigorous historical account of Italian food television narrated from a political point of view. In referring to the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu, the book links food, television and politics and shows how the three give way to the political construction of various versions of Italy, from 1954 to the present. 12 b/w photographs.    New Books Network (New Books in Italian Studies) interview with Francesco Buscemi.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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