Getting What We Need Ourselves: How Food Has Shaped African American Life

by Jennifer Jensen Wallach

Book Overview

This multi-generational story begins before the transatlantic slave trade in West Africa and ends with a discussion of contemporary African American vegans. Demonstrating that food has been both a tool of empowerment and a weapon of white supremacy, this study documents the symbolic power of food alongside an ongoing struggle for food access.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442253908
• ISBN13: 9781442253902
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"