ITAL 37.12 A Bite-Sized History of Italy:The Story of how Italy became Italy through Food & Beverage Culture

While Italy as a nation-state has only existed since 1861, a sense of Italian identity long pre-existed that reality, thanks largely to a deeply-rooted, shared enogastronomic culture that became the envy of the world. Departing from the doormice and garum of the Roman Empire and arriving at the heresy of pineapple pizza, “A Bite-Sized History of Italy” will present a long-view, wide-lens portrait of a place that has become so well-known for its food as to almost preclude interrogation, even as it might be said that food is the very reason for its existence. Open to all students. Texts, lectures, and discussions in English. Reading, writing, and x-hour in Italian for major or minor credit in Italian.

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Dist:INT or LIT; WCult:W

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Department-Specific Course Categories

French and Italian Languages and Literatures