Black Hunger : Soul Food And America /

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Black Hunger focuses on debates over soul food since the 1960s to illuminate a complex web of political, economic, religious, sexual, and racial tensions between whites and blacks and within the black community itself. Doris Witt draws on vaudeville, literature, film, visual art, and cookbooks to ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Witt, Doris
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.
Edition:1st University of Minnesota Press ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Racism.
Food > Social aspects.
African American women > Social conditions.
African American women > Race identity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Aliments > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noires americaines > Conditions sociales.
Noires americaines > Identite ethnique.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
Food > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
African American women > Ethnic identity.
United States.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Black Hunger focuses on debates over soul food since the 1960s to illuminate a complex web of political, economic, religious, sexual, and racial tensions between whites and blacks and within the black community itself. Doris Witt draws on vaudeville, literature, film, visual art, and cookbooks to explore how food has been used both to perpetuate and to challenge racial stereotypes.
Item Description:Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999, in series: Race and American culture.
Physical Description:1 online resource (306 pages).
ISBN:9780816697151

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