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Volume 23, 2015 - Issue 1-2: Tastes of Homes
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Tasting a New Home: Food Representations in Italian Neorealist Cinema

Fabio ParasecoliFood Studies, The New School, New York, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 36-56 | Published online: 10 Jun 2015

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