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

by Jennifer Jensen Wallach

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469645211
• ISBN13: 9781469645216
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 9.3"