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Ranging from seventeenth-century West African fare to contemporary fusion dishes using soul food ingredients, the essays in this book provide an introduction to many aspects of African American foodways and an antidote to popular misconceptions about soul food. Examining the combination of African, Caribbean, and South American traditions, the volume's contributors offer lively insights from history, literature, sociology, anthropology, and African American studies to demonstrate how food's material and symbolic values have contributed to African Americans' identity for centuries. Individual chapters examine how African foodways survived the passage into slavery, cultural meanings associated with African American foodways, and the contents of African American cookbooks, both early and recent.Contributors are Anne L. Bower, Robert L. Hall, William C. Whit, Psyche Williams-Forson, Doris Witt, Anne Yentsch, Rafia Zafar.Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press
ISBN-139780252076305
eBay Product ID (ePID)87781501
Product Key Features
Number of Pages200 Pages
Publication NameAfrican American Foodways: Explorations of History and Culture
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAnthropology
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
AuthorAnne Bower
SeriesThe Food Series
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Width152 mm
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EditorAnne Bower
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States