Cooking in Other Women's Kitchens: Domestic Workers in the South,1865-1960

by Rebecca Sharpless

Book Overview

As African American women left the plantation economy behind, many entered domestic service in southern cities and towns. Cooking was one of the primary jobs they performed, feeding generations of white families and, in the process, profoundly shaping southern foodways and culture. Rebecca Sharpless argues that, in the face of discrimination, long workdays, and low wages, African American cooks worked to assert measures of control over their own lives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469606860
• ISBN13: 9781469606866
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"