Christina Mazzoni

Golden Fruit

A Cultural History of Oranges in Italy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through close readings of key texts, including spiritual writings, fairy tales, and a botanical treatise, Golden Fruit examines the role of oranges in Italian culture from their introduction during the medieval period through to the present day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 487g
• ISBN-13: 9781487502669
• ISBN-10: 1487502664
• Artikelnr.: 49449105

Autorenporträt

Cristina Mazzoni is Professor of Romance Languages and Linguistics and Director of the Italian Studies Program at the University of Vermont.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: How to Peel an Orange
1. Bread and oranges
2. How to Peel an Orange
3. Of Beauty and Citrons
4. Boy Peeling Fruit
5. One Thousand Orange Shirts
6. The Golden Fruit
Chapter One: Fruit of the Spirit
1. Divine Oranges
2. One Pope’s Melons...
3. ... And Another Pope’s Oranges
4. Rome’s First Orange Tree
5. Catherine’s Orange Letter
6. Bitter Fruit
7. Candied Oranges
8. A Recipe for Conversion
Chapter Two: The Fruit of Love
1. Two Men and an Orange
2. Fairy Fruit
3. Basile’s Citrons
4. Citrus Confusion
5. The Fruit of Love
6. Local Fruit
7. The Color of Citrus
8. Fruitful Fairy Tales
Chapter Three: Fruit of the Womb
1. Pregnant Citrus
2. Fruitful Metamorphoses
3. Ferrari’s Citrus
4. Fruits of the Womb
5. Sexy fruit
6. Botanical Monsters
7. Citrus Metamorphoses
8. Citrus Mothers
Chapter Four: Strange Fruit
1. Damned Oranges
2. Fruit Fit for a King
3. Immigrant Fruit
4. Citrus and Folklore
5. Golden Oranges
6. Fruit Fetish
7. Heavenly Citrus
8. Fruit from the Sea
Conclusion: Golden Fruit