Italian-American Foodways and the Making of Modern New York

Rocco Marinaccio will discuss the foodways associated with New York’s Italian immigrants in the early 20th century. His focus is on the ways a developing Italian-American cuisine was incorporated into broader public discussions of moral, intellectual and physical health within the immigrant population. He will also consider a range of institutional actions such as the New York City pushcart-reform legislation and various public health and dietary initiatives and representations of Italian immigrant cuisine in various media. Ultimately, mainstream responses to this cuisine comprised a program of culinary reform designed to police and to assimilate the immigrant, fashioning the citizenry and the urban landscape according to emergent conceptions of a modern New York.











When: Wed., Dec. 12, 2012 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
25 W. 43rd St., 17th floor

Price: Free
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Rocco Marinaccio will discuss the foodways associated with New York’s Italian immigrants in the early 20th century. His focus is on the ways a developing Italian-American cuisine was incorporated into broader public discussions of moral, intellectual and physical health within the immigrant population. He will also consider a range of institutional actions such as the New York City pushcart-reform legislation and various public health and dietary initiatives and representations of Italian immigrant cuisine in various media. Ultimately, mainstream responses to this cuisine comprised a program of culinary reform designed to police and to assimilate the immigrant, fashioning the citizenry and the urban landscape according to emergent conceptions of a modern New York.

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