Food and Foodways in African Narratives - Community, Culture, and Heritage

The African continent is home to thousands of cultures, but nearly every one has experienced alteration of its foodways because of slavery, transcontinental trade, and colonization. Food and Foodways in African Narratives: Community, Culture, and Heritage takes a careful look at these alterationsas seen through African narrati

List of contents

1.Introduction

2. Food and the Epic

3. Food and Labor

4. Food and Sustainability

5. Food and Violence

6. Food and Global Capital

7. Food and Exile

About the author

Jonathan Bishop Highfield is a Professor of Postcolonial Literature in the Department of Literary Arts and Studies at the Rhode Island School of Design, USA.

Summary

The African continent is home to thousands of cultures, but nearly every one has experienced alteration of its foodways because of slavery, transcontinental trade, and colonization. Food and Foodways in African Narratives: Community, Culture, and Heritage takes a careful look at these alterationsas seen through African narrati

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Highfield, Jonathan Bishop Highfield
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367886851
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88685-1
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Tanzania, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Social and cultural anthropology, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: postcolonial literature