Getting what we need ourselves : how food has shaped African American life / Jennifer Jensen Wallach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974- author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Social aspects.

African American cooking.

History.

African Americans.

Food.

United States.

African Americans--Food--History.

African American cooking--History.

Food habits--United States--History.

Food habits.

Food--Social aspects--United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 227 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Galley title: Tomorrow I'll be at the table : African American food culture from slavery to the present

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

Summary:

"[T]races the history of African American food habits from West African origins through the twenty-first century, offering a unique set of insights into the daily concerns of black people in the US. The book demonstrates that from capture and enslavement through emancipation, the civil rights movement, and beyond, African American have embraced an understanding of the importance of food that goes beyond merely having enough to eat"-- Provided by publisher.

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 with dignity during the Jim Crow era

The search for a common table during the Great Depression and World War II

Food as politics during the black freedom struggle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974- author. Getting what we need ourselves

ISBN:

9781442253902

1442253908

OCLC:

1090279394