Feeding fascism the politics of women's food work Garvin, Diana creator author. text bibliography History onc 2022 2022 monographic eng print xv, 276 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. "Feeding Fascism explores how women negotiated the politics of Italy's Fascist regime in their daily lives and how they fed their families through agricultural and industrial labour. The book looks at women's experiences of Fascism by examining the material world in which they lived in relation to their thoughts, feelings, and actions. Over the past decade, Diana Garvin has conducted extensive research in Italian museums, libraries, and archives. Feeding Fascism includes illustrations of rare cookbooks, kitchen utensils, cafeteria plans, and culinary propaganda to connect women's political beliefs with the places that they lived and worked and the objects that they owned and borrowed. Garvin draws on first-hand accounts, such as diaries, work songs, and drawings, that demonstrate how women and the Fascist state vied for control over national diet across many manifestations-- cooking, feeding, and eating--to assert and negotiate their authority. Revealing the national stakes of daily choices, and the fine line between resistance and consent, Feeding Fascism attests to the power of food."-- Introduction: Tabletop Politics -- Towards an Autarkic Italy -- Agricultural Labour and the Fight for Taste -- Raising Children on the Factory Line -- Recipes for Exceptional Times -- Model Fascist Kitchens -- Conclusion: From Feeding Fascism to Eating Mussolini. Diana Garvin. Series from book jacket flap. Issued also in electronic format. Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index. e-it--- Food habits Italy History 20th century Food Political aspects Italy History 20th century Fascism and women Italy History 20th century Women agricultural laborers Italy History 20th century Women in the food industry Italy History 20th century Women Italy Social conditions 20th century Cooking Italy History 20th century Fascism Italy Habitudes alimentaires Italie Histoire 20e siècle Aliments Aspect politique Italie Histoire 20e siècle Fascisme et femmes Italie Histoire 20e siècle Travailleuses agricoles Italie Histoire 20e siècle Femmes dans l'industrie alimentaire Italie Histoire 20e siècle Femmes Italie Conditions sociales 20e siècle Cuisine Italie Histoire 20e siècle Fascisme Italie Cooking Fascism Fascism and women Food habits Women agricultural laborers Women in the food industry Women Social conditions Italy 1900-1999 fast GT2853.I8 G37 2022 394.1/209450904 cci1icc Feeding fascism Garvin, Diana. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2022 (OCoLC)1262570518 Toronto Italian studies 9781487528188 1487528183 9781487528201 1487528205 9781487528195 1487528191 2022277844 NLC 210320 20230919150031.1 in00004760567 eng