Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from World War II to Covid-19

by Lori A. Flores

Book Overview

Though Latinx foodways are eagerly embraced and consumed by people across the United States, the nation exhibits a much more fraught relationship with Latinx people, including the largely underpaid and migrant workers who harvest, process, cook, and sell this desirable food. Lori A. Flores traces how our dual appetite for Latinx food and Latinx food labor has evolved from the World War II era to the COVID-19 pandemic, using the US Northeast...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469679868
• ISBN13: 9781469679860
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 272 Pages