[Commlist] New book: Pasta, Pizza and Propaganda. A Political History of Italian Food TV

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


    By Francesco Buscemi <https://www.intellectbooks.com/francesco-buscemi>


https://www.intellectbooks.com/pasta-pizza-and-propaganda 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/pasta-pizza-and-propaganda>

This book aims to develop a political history of Italian ‘good food’ on 
national television, and the central role of food in Italian culture. 
The focus is highly original and this is a unique interdisciplinary 
study at the intersection between food studies, media studies and 
politics.The three protagonists of /Pasta, Pizza and Propaganda/ are 
food, television and politics. These are the three main characters that 
interrelate, collaborate and fight behind the scenes, while in front of 
the camera the writers, intellectuals and celebrity chefs talk about, 
prepare or taste the best Italian dishes.The book retraces the history 
of Italian food television from a political point of view: the early 
shows of the pioneers under strict Catholic control in the 1950s and 
1960s, the left-wing political twist of the 1970s, the conservative 
/riflusso/ or resurgence of the 1980s, the disputed Berlusconian era and 
the rise of the celebrity chefs, which, for better or for worse, makes 
Italy similar to the other western countries.The history of Italy since 
the mid-1950s is retold through the lenses of food television. This 
lively book demonstrates that cooking spaghetti in a TV studio is a 
political act, and tries to uncover how it is possible that, while 
watching on TV how to make pizza, we become citizens.The primary 
readership will be an academic audience, including those in the 
disciplines of food studies, media studies, politics and Italian 
studies, as well as potentially for those interested in Italian 
sociology and anthropology. There may be a potential wider readership 
because of the popularity of Italian food and food television.

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