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Getting what we need ourselves : how food has shaped African American life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
Subjects:
African Americans > Food > History.
African American cooking > History.
Food habits > United States > History.
Food > Social aspects > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Culinary origins and exchanges during the Transatlantic slave trade
  • Africanisms and adaptation during the era of slavery
  • Foodways, resiliency, and white supremacy after the Civil War
  • The quest to cook and eat with dignity during the Jim Crow era
  • The search for a common table during the Great Depression and World War II
  • Food as politics during the black freedom struggle.