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Getting What We Need Ourselves: How Food Has Shaped African American Life

Getting What We Need Ourselves: How Food Has Shaped African American Life - Paperback

by Jennifer Jensen Wallach
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jennifer Jensen WallachPublish date:2022-08-08Pages:236
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rlpg/GalleysISBN-13:9781538172261ISBN-10:1538172267UPC:9781538172261Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Agriculture & Food, African American & Black, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.98 x 5.91 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCCZ3DX331
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rlpg/GalleysISBN-13:9781538172261ISBN-10:1538172267UPC:9781538172261Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Agriculture & Food, African American & Black, Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:8.98 x 5.91 x 0.55 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCCZ3DX331
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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