The Resource Getting what we need ourselves : how food has shaped African American life, Jennifer Jensen Wallach
Getting what we need ourselves : how food has shaped African American life, Jennifer Jensen Wallach
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The item Getting what we need ourselves : how food has shaped African American life, Jennifer Jensen Wallach represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Getting what we need ourselves : how food has shaped African American life, Jennifer Jensen Wallach represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "This multigenerational 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."--Page [4] of cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 227 pages
- Contents
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- Culinary origins and exchanges during the transatlantic slave trade
- Africanisms and adaptation during the era of slavery
- Foodways, resiliency, and white supremacy after the Civil War
- The quest to cook and eat
- The search for a common table during the Great Depression and World War II
- Food as politics during the black freedom struggle
- Isbn
- 9781442253902
- Label
- Getting what we need ourselves : how food has shaped African American life
- Title
- Getting what we need ourselves
- Title remainder
- how food has shaped African American life
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennifer Jensen Wallach
- Title variation
- How food has shaped African American life
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This multigenerational 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."--Page [4] of cover
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1974-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wallach, Jennifer Jensen
- Dewey number
- 394.1/20896073
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GT2853.U5
- LC item number
- W34 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African Americans
- African American cooking
- Food habits
- Food
- Label
- Getting what we need ourselves : how food has shaped African American life, Jennifer Jensen Wallach
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-214) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Culinary origins and exchanges during the transatlantic slave trade -- Africanisms and adaptation during the era of slavery -- Foodways, resiliency, and white supremacy after the Civil War -- The quest to cook and eat -- The search for a common table during the Great Depression and World War II -- Food as politics during the black freedom struggle
- Control code
- on1090279394
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 227 pages
- Isbn
- 9781442253902
- Lccn
- 2018054674
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1090279394
- Label
- Getting what we need ourselves : how food has shaped African American life, Jennifer Jensen Wallach
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-214) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Culinary origins and exchanges during the transatlantic slave trade -- Africanisms and adaptation during the era of slavery -- Foodways, resiliency, and white supremacy after the Civil War -- The quest to cook and eat -- The search for a common table during the Great Depression and World War II -- Food as politics during the black freedom struggle
- Control code
- on1090279394
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 227 pages
- Isbn
- 9781442253902
- Lccn
- 2018054674
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1090279394
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