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The John D.
Calandra Italian American Institute Queens
College/CUNY Special Guest
Lecturer Luisa Del Giudice Mountains of Cheese and Rivers of Wine: Paesi di Cuccagna and other Gastronomic Utopias The mythic Land
of Cockaigne projected a gastronomic utopia or “poor man’s paradise”
featuring mountains of cheese, rivers of wine and other sensual delights. It
represented a time and place of perpetual feasting. This mythic land
survived in Italian popular consciousness for centuries and although
transformed, still animates Italian and immigrant culture in
America--otherwise known as Il Paese di Cuccagna. Luisa Del
Giudice, Independent Scholar, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian
Folklore, UCLA, directs the Italian Oral History Institute, a non-profit
organization, and is a member of the Los Angeles Convivium of Slow Food. Tuesday, May 7,
2002 6:30 PM John D. Calandra
Italian American Institute 25 West 43rd
Street, 18th floor between 5th &
6th Avenues Manhattan For further
information call (212) 642-2042 This event is
free. SEATING IS
LIMITED The Calandra
Institute is a university institute under the aegis of Queens College. [Return to the Academic & Cultural Programs page.] |
