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1. Around the Tuscan Table

   Food, Family, and Gender in Twentieth Century Florence

   By Carole M. Counihan

   In this delicious book, noted food scholar Carole M. Counihan presents a compelling and artfully told narrative about family and food in late 20th-century Florence. Based on solid research, Counihan examines how family, and especially gender have changed in Florence since the end of World War II...

   Published March 1st 2004 by Routledge
2. The Anthropology of Food and Body

   Gender, Meaning and Power

   By Carole M. Counihan

   The Anthropology of Food and Body explores the way that making, eating, and thinking about food reveal culturally determined gender-power relations in diverse societies. This book brings feminist and anthropological theories to bear on these provocative issues and will interest anyone investigating...

   Published July 19th 1999 by Routledge
3. Food and Gender

   By Carole M. Counihan, Steven L. Kaplan

   This volume examines, among other things, the significance of food-centered activities to gender relations and the construction of gendered identities across cultures. It considers how each gender's relationship to food may facilitate mutual respect or produce gender hierarchy. This...

   Published November 25th 1998 by Routledge