African American Foodways : Explorations of History and Culture Paperback / softback
Edited by Anne Bower
Part of the The Food Series series
Paperback / softback
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Ranging from seventeenth-century West African fare to contemporary fusion dishes using soul food ingredients, the essays in this book provide an introduction to many aspects of African American foodways and an antidote to popular misconceptions about soul food.
Examining the combination of African, Caribbean, and South American traditions, the volume's contributors offer lively insights from history, literature, sociology, anthropology, and African American studies to demonstrate how food's material and symbolic values have contributed to African Americans' identity for centuries.
Individual chapters examine how African foodways survived the passage into slavery, cultural meanings associated with African American foodways, and the contents of African American cookbooks, both early and recent. Contributors are Anne L. Bower, Robert L. Hall, William C. Whit, Psyche Williams-Forson, Doris Witt, Anne Yentsch, Rafia Zafar.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages, 3 black & white photographs, 1 line drawing, 1 table
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:12/12/2008
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- ISBN:9780252076305
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages, 3 black & white photographs, 1 line drawing, 1 table
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:12/12/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252076305
