Hungering for America: Italian, Irish, and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration

Hasia R. Diner

Published by Harvard University Press 2003

Hungering for America

Italian, Irish, and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration

Hasia R. Diner

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674034259

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This book tells the stories of three groups and their unique culinary dramas. Italian immigrants transformed the food of their upper classes and of sacred days into a generic “Italian” food. Irish immigrants diminished food as a marker of ethnicity. And East European Jews found that dietary restrictions jarred with America’s boundless choices.

Reviews

Diner’s research—into historical accounts, novels, plays, economic studies, personal narratives and vintage demographic surveys—has produced a book jam-packed with fascinating bits of Italian, Irish and Jewish food lore… Diner’s big-hearted attitude toward immigrants and their struggles…along with the rich anecdotal material, may inspire a pang of regret when you’re finished.
-- Robert Sietsema New York Times Book Review

In this fascinating survey of the eating habits and influences of Jewish, Italian, and Irish immigrants, Diner…charts with wit and graceful prose the similarities and differences between these three distinct groups as they encountered mainstream American culture… Diner deftly juggles a huge amount of detail and analysis—drawing upon memoirs, cookbooks, newspaper accounts, films and studies of consumer culture—and provides both political and social insights in a highly accessible social history.
-- Publishers Weekly

For those with an appetite for an excellent book on cultural history, I recommend Hungering for America.
-- Jack Fischel Indiana Jewish Post & Opinion

In Hungering for America…Hasia R. Diner provides a richly detailed, highly original study of the changing food habits of three groups of immigrants—Italians, Irish, and Jews—who migrated to the United States between 1880 and 1920.
-- Italian Tribune

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
1. Ways of Eating, Ways of Starving Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Black Bread, Hard Bread: Food, Class, and Hunger in Italy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3. “The Bread Is Soft”: Italian Foodways, American Abundance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
4. “Outcast from Life’s Feast”: Food and Hunger in Ireland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
5. The Sounds of Silence: Irish Food in America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
6. A Set Table: Jewish Food and Class in Eastern Europe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
7. Food Fights: Immigrant Jews and the Lure of America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
8. Where There Is Bread, There Is My Country Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 320

eBook

Published: April 30, 2003
ISBN: 9780674034259