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

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jonathan Highfield, Jonathan Bishop Highfield
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367886851
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88685-1
• Pagine: 228
• Serie: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; 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