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Author Pite, Rebekah E.

Title Creating a common table in twentieth-century Argentina : Doña Petrona, women, & food / Rebekah E. Pite.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 326 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "Dona Petrona C. de Gandulfo (c. 1896-1992) reigned as Argentina's preeminent domestic and culinary expert from the 1930s through the 1980s. An enduring culinary icon thanks to her magazine columns, radio programs, and television shows, she was likely second only to Eva Peron in terms of the fame she enjoyed and the adulation she received. Her cookbook garnered tremendous popularity, becoming one of the three best-selling books in Argentina. Dona Petrona capitalized on and contributed to the growing appreciation for women's domestic roles as the Argentine economy expanded and fell into periodic crises. Drawing on a wide range of materials, including her own interviews with Dona Petrona's inner circle and with everyday women and men, Rebekah E. Pite provides a lively social history of twentieth-century Argentina, as exemplified through the fascinating story of Dona Petrona and the homemakers to whom she dedicated her career. Pite's narrative illuminates the important role of food--its consumption, preparation, and production--in daily life, class formation, and national identity. By connecting issues of gender, domestic work, and economic development, Pite brings into focus the critical importance of women's roles as consumers, cooks, and community builders"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Gandulfo, Petrona C. de.
Gandulfo, Petrona C. de.
Cooking, Argentine.
Cooking, Argentine.
Cooking -- Argentina.
Cooking.
Argentina.
Women -- Argentina -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Women.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Feminism -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century.
Feminism.
History.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Feminism.
Women's movement.
Added Title Creating a common table in 20th-century Argentina
Other Form: Print version: Pite, Rebekah E. Creating a common table in twentieth-century Argentina. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013] 9781469606897 (DLC) 2012034766 (OCoLC)811591321
ISBN 9781469606910 (electronic book)
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