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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974- author.
Imprint:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] ©2019
Description:	x, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	African Americans -- Food -- History. African American cooking -- History. Food habits -- United States -- History. Food -- Social aspects -- United States. African American cooking. Food habits. Food -- Social aspects. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11927063

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Galley title: Tomorrow I'll be at the table : African American food culture from slavery to the present
ISBN:	9781442253902 1442253908
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-214) and index.
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"--
Other form:	Online version: Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974- author. Getting what we need ourselves Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019] 9781538125250

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Culinary Origins and Exchanges during the Transatlantic Slave Trade
2. Africanisms and Adaptation during the Era of Slavery
3. Foodways, Resiliency, and White Supremacy after the Civil War
4. The Quest to Cook and Eat with Dignity during the Jim Crow Era
5. The Search for a Common Table during the Great Depression and World War II
6. Food as Politics during the Black Freedom Struggle
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author