Commodified identities: The myth of Italian food in the United States

Journal of Communication Inquiry

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 307-324

  Girardelli, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barthes's theory of myth; Barthes's theory of signs; Commodity sign; Consumer culture; Identity construction; Italian food; Italian identity; Italian restaurants; Postmodernism; Semiotics; Stereotypes; Visual communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049364742     PISSN: 01968599     EISSN: 15524612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0196859904267337     Document Type: Article

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