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

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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About the Author

About the author

By Jennifer Jensen Wallach

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Jensen Wallach
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781538172261
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7226-1
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: American Ways; Getting What We Need Ourselves
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, Social & cultural history, COOKING / History, Cookery / food & drink etc, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, Food & society, Relating to African American people, Cultural studies: food & society, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / African American & Black