Getting What We Need Ourselves: How Food Has Shaped African American Life - Hardcover
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Rlpg/GalleysISBN-13:9781442253902ISBN-10:1442253908UPC:9781442253902Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Ethnic Studies, Agriculture & FoodBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.40 x 6.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1Product ID:SCNWRPA20X
This multi-generational story begins before the transatlantic slave trade in West Africa and ends with a discussion of contemporary African American vegans. Demonstrating that food has been both a tool of empowerment and a weapon of white supremacy, this study documents the symbolic power of food alongside an ongoing struggle for food access.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Rlpg/GalleysISBN-13:9781442253902ISBN-10:1442253908UPC:9781442253902Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Ethnic Studies, Agriculture & FoodBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.40 x 6.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1Product ID:SCNWRPA20X
Jennifer Jensen Wallach is associate professor of history at the University of North Texas. She is the author, most recently, of How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture and Richard Wright: From Black Boy to World Citizen. She is also the editor of the University of Arkansas Press' Food and Foodways series.
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