Books written by Rafia Zafar
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Harriet Jacobs and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: New Critical Essays
This is a far-ranging study which contextualises both the historical figure of Harriet Jacobs and her autobiography as a created work of art.
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We Wear the Mask: African Americans Write American Literature, 1760-1870
Zafar demonstrates that in doing so, these forerunners of modern black American writers both adapted to and reacted against a milieu of social resistance and cultural antipathy.
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Recipes for Respect: African American Meals and Meaning
Recipes for Respect bridges this gap, illuminating the role of foodways in African American culture as well as the contributions of Black cooks and chefs to what has been considered the mainstream.
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Harlem Renaissance: Four Novels of the 1930s (LOA #218): Not Without Laughter / Black No More / The Conjure-Man Dies...
Considered the first detective story by an African American writer, Rudolph Fisher's The Conjure-Man Dies (1932) is a mystery that comically mixes and reverses stereotypes, placing a Harvard-educated African "conjureman" at the center of a ...
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We Wear the Mask: African Americans Write American Literature, 1760-1870
... of the autobiography of Frederick Douglass with that of his literary and historical ancestor , Benjamin Franklin ... Equiano , two native Africans kidnapped as children , published English - language narratives of their lives .
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Recipes for Respect: African American Meals and Meaning
Recipes for Respect bridges this gap, illuminating the role of foodways in African American culture as well as the contributions of Black cooks and chefs to what has been considered the mainstream.
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Recipes for Respect: African American Meals and Meaning
Carver's dozens of extension pamphlets contained hundreds of recipes, from fruit leather to sauerkraut; they also included directions for maintaining a sustainable farm. Food insecurity and contested commensality foster social change ...