Getting something to eat in Jackson : race, class, and food in the American South /

A vivid portrait of African American life in today’s urban South that uses food to explore the complex interactions of race and class, Getting Something to Eat in Jackson uses food, what people eat and how, to explore the interaction of race and class in the lives of African Americans in the contemp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ewoodzie, Joseph C., Jr (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021].
Subjects:	Food habits > Mississippi > Jackson > History. Food security > Mississippi > Jackson. African Americans > Food > History. Cooking, American > Southern style > History. Social classes > Mississippi > Jackson. African Americans > Race identity > Mississippi > Jackson. African Americans > Mississippi > Jackson > Social life and customs. African Americans > Mississippi > Jackson > Social conditions. Jackson (Miss.) > Social conditions. Ethnology > Mississippi > Jackson.

Table of Contents:

Getting something to eat
Soul food and Jackson
Smack-late afternoons
Minister Montgomery and Charles-Mornings
Carl and Ray-afternoons and evenings
Zenani-younger days
Zenani-today
Ms. Bea
Davis family-Lumpkins BBQ
Davis family-cooking with Ava
Charles
Jonathan
Dorian, Adrianne, Othor
Running for Jackson
Conclusion
Studying food, race, and the South
Afterword.