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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974- author.     Subjects     African Americans -- Food -- History.     African American cooking -- History.     Food habits -- United States -- History.     Food -- Social aspects -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974- author.       by title:      Getting what we need...         MARC Display

Getting what we need ourselves : how food has shaped African American life / Jennifer Jensen Wallach. by Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974- author. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] Subjects African Americans -- Food -- History.   African American cooking -- History.   Food habits -- United States -- History.   Food -- Social aspects -- United States. ISBN:  9781442253902 (hardcover) 1442253908 (hardcover) Description:  x, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 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. Requests:  0 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"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 394.12089 Wa Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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