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African American Foodways Exploration of History and Culture

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ISBN-10: 0252031857

ISBN-13: 9780252031854

Edition: 2006

Authors: Anne Bower, Anne L. Bower, Robert L. Hall, William C. Whit, Psyche Williams-Forson

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Ranging over the progression from seventeenth_century West African fare to contemporary fusion dishes using "soul food" ingredients, this book provides an introduction to many aspects of African American foodways. Examining the combination of African, Caribbean, and South American traditions, the volume's contributors offer insights from history, literary studies, sociology, anthropology, and African American studies to demonstrate how food's material and symbolic values have contributed to African Americans' identity for centuries. Individual chapters examine how African foodways survived the passage into slavery, cultural meanings associated with African American foodways, and the…    
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Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 5/30/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Watching Soul Food
The History of African American Food
Food Crops, Medicinal Plants, and the Atlantic Slave Trade
Soul Food as Cultural Creation
Excavating the South's African American Food History
Representations of African American Food
From Fiction to Foodways: Working at the Intersections of African American Literary and Culinary Studies
Chickens and Chains: Using African American Foodways to Understand Black Identities
Recipes for Respect: Black Hospitality Entrepreneurs before World War I
Recipes for History: The National Council of Negro Women's Five Historical Cookbooks
Contributors
Index