Getting What We Need Ourselves: How Food Has Shaped African American Life

Getting What We Need Ourselves: How Food Has Shaped African American Life
ISBN-10
1538125250
ISBN-13
9781538125250
Category
History
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2019-06-01
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Authors
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, author of How America Eats: A Social History of US Food and Culture

Description

This multi-generational story begins before the transatlantic slave trade in West Africa and ends with a discussion of contemporary African American vegans. Demonstrating that food has been both a tool of empowerment and a weapon of white supremacy, this study documents the symbolic power of food alongside an ongoing struggle for food access.

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