Homemade Italianità : Italian foodways in postwar Vancouver

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dc.contributor.authorBiagioni, Samuel E.
dc.contributor.supervisorStanger-Ross, Jordan
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-24T15:08:44Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016-08-24
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractFollowing the Second World War, there was an increase of Italian immigration to Vancouver. Many Italians found their way to Vancouver through informal social networks established by earlier migrants. Once there, Italians turned to those networks to find work, housing, and familiarity. Italians also continued to produce and consume foods in Vancouver in similar ways to Italy. By looking at Vancouver Italian foodways, this thesis seeks to understand how food contributed to Italian Canadian identity. Postwar Italian immigrants brought established cuisines with them to Vancouver. They then actively sought to maintain those food customs. Nevertheless, in order to continue living in Vancouver Italians adapted their livelihoods, familial gender divisions, and the ways they acquired foods. They cooperated with immigrants from other regions of Italy and accepted foods with Italianità (Italianess) when they could not acquire foods from their hometowns. The result was a complicated identity that included social interactions between Italians, as well as a combination of Italian and Canadian foods.en_US
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dc.description.proquestemailsambiagioni@gmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7470
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectItalian migrationen_US
dc.subjectcultureen_US
dc.subjecthistoryen_US
dc.subjectfooden_US
dc.subjectcultural identityen_US
dc.subjectimmigrationen_US
dc.subjectVancouveren_US
dc.subjectCanadian historyen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectfoodwaysen_US
dc.subjectItalyen_US
dc.titleHomemade Italianità : Italian foodways in postwar Vancouveren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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