Black hunger : food and the politics of U.S. identity /

The creation of the Aunt Jemima trademark from an 1889 performance of a play called "The Emigrant" helped codify a pervasive connection between African-American women and food. This work demonstrates how this connection has operated as a central structuring dynamic in 20th-century America.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Witt, Doris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Colección:Race and American culture.
Temas:
1900-1999
African American women > Race identity.
African American women > Ethnic identity.
African American women > Social conditions.
Food > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Noires américaines > Identité ethnique.
Noires américaines > Conditions sociales.
Aliments > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Racisme > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African American women > Race identity
African American women > Social conditions
Food > Social aspects
United States
Computer network resources.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue; One: "Look Ma, the Real Aunt Jemima!": Consuming Identities under Capitalism; Two: Biscuits Are Being Beaten: Craig Claiborne and the Epistemology of the Kitchen Dominatrix; Three: "Eating Chitterlings Is Like Going Slumming": Soul Food and Its Discontents; Four: "Pork or Women": Purity and Danger in the Nation of Islam; Five: Of Watermelon and Men: Dick Gregory's Cloacal Continuum; Six: "My Kitchen Was the World": Vertamae Smart Grosvenor's Geechee Diaspora; Seven: "How Mama Started to Get Large": Eating Disorders, Fetal Rights, and Black Female Appetite; Epilogue.

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