Cooking in Other Women's Kitchens: Domestic Workers in the South,1865-1960

Name: Cooking in Other Women's Kitchens: Domestic Workers in the South,1865-1960
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ISBN: 9781469606866

ISBN-10: 1469606860

ISBN-13: 9781469606866

Edition: 2013

Authors: Rebecca Sharpless

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As African American women left the plantation economy behind, many entered domestic service in southern cities and towns. Cooking was one of the primary jobs they performed, feeding generations of white families and, in the process, profoundly shaping southern foodways and culture. Rebecca Sharpless argues that, in the face of discrimination, long workdays, and low wages, African American cooks worked to assert measures of control over their own lives. As employment opportunities expanded in the twentieth century, most African American women chose to leave cooking for more lucrative and less oppressive manufacturing, clerical, or professional positions. Through letters, autobiography, and…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English