Jennifer Jensen Wallach

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1) Every Nation Has Its Dish: Black Bodies and Black Food in Twentieth-Century America

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English

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Jennifer Jensen Wallach's nuanced history of black foodways across the twentieth century challenges traditional narratives of "soul food" as a singular style of historical African American cuisine. Wallach investigates the experiences and diverse convictions of several generations of African American activists, ranging from Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois to Mary Church Terrell, Elijah Muhammad, and Dick Gregory. While differing widely in...

2) Getting what we need ourselves: how food has shaped African American life

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Wallach, Jennifer Jensen

Series

African American Experience

Language

English

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Book, eBook

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"[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"--