ISBN: 9780807877357

Chicken--both the bird and the food--has played multiple roles in the lives of African American women from the slavery era to the present. It has provided food and a source of income for … Meer...

Chicken--both the bird and the food--has played multiple roles in the lives of African American women from the slavery era to the present. It has provided food and a source of income for their families, shaped a distinctive culture, and helped women define and exert themselves in racist and hostile environments. Psyche A. Williams-Forson examines the complexity of black women's legacies using food as a form of cultural work. While acknowledging the negative interpretations of black culture associated with chicken imagery, Williams-Forson focuses her analysis on the ways black women have forged their own self-definitions and relationships to the "gospel bird." Exploring material ranging from personal interviews to the comedy of Chris Rock, from commercial advertisements to the art of Kara Walker, and from cookbooks to literature, Williams-Forson considers how black women arrive at degrees of self-definition and self-reliance using certain foods. She demonstrates how they defy conventional representations of blackness and exercise influence through food preparation and distribution. Understanding these complex relationships clarifies how present associations of blacks and chicken are rooted in a past that is fraught with both racism and agency. The traditions and practices of feminism, Williams-Forson argues, are inherent in the foods women prepare and serve. Black Women, Food, and Power The University of North Carolina Press African American Studies African American women; foodways; George Tillman Jr.; Soul Food; Gordonsville, Virginia; fried chicken; BeBe Moore Campbell; Your Blues Ain't Like Mine; Ann Allen Shockley; Say Jesus and Come to Me; Chris Rock; Bigger and Blacker; Kara Walker; Keys to the Coop; chicken 9780807830222, 9780807856864 DE,GB,US,ES,IT,FR,MX English Social Sciences, The University of North Carolina Press<

ISBN: 9780807877357

Chicken--both the bird and the food--has played multiple roles in the lives of African American women from the slavery era to the present. It has provided food and a source of income for … Meer...

Chicken--both the bird and the food--has played multiple roles in the lives of African American women from the slavery era to the present. It has provided food and a source of income for their families, shaped a distinctive culture, and helped women define and exert themselves in racist and hostile environments. Psyche A. Williams-Forson examines the complexity of black women's legacies using food as a form of cultural work. While acknowledging the negative interpretations of black culture associated with chicken imagery, Williams-Forson focuses her analysis on the ways black women have forged their own self-definitions and relationships to the gospel bird.Exploring material ranging from personal interviews to the comedy of Chris Rock, from commercial advertisements to the art of Kara Walker, and from cookbooks to literature, Williams-Forson considers how black women arrive at degrees of self-definition and self-reliance using certain foods. She demonstrates how they defy conventional representations of blackness and exercise influence through food preparation and distribution. Understanding these complex relationships clarifies how present associations of blacks and chicken are rooted in a past that is fraught with both racism and agency. The traditions and practices of feminism, Williams-Forson argues, are inherent in the foods women prepare and serve. Digital Content>E-books>Social Sciences>African Amer Studies>African Amer Studies, The University of North Carolina Press Digital >16<

ISBN: 9780807877357

Chicken-both the bird and the food-has played multiple roles in the lives of African American women from the slavery era to the present. It has provided food and a source of income for th… Meer...

Chicken-both the bird and the food-has played multiple roles in the lives of African American women from the slavery era to the present. It has provided food and a source of income for their families, shaped a distinctive culture, and helped wom Chicken-both the bird and the food-has played multiple roles in the lives of African American women from the slavery era to the present. It has provided food and a source of income for their families, shaped a distinctive culture, and helped wom, The University of North Carolina Press<

ISBN: 9780807877357

The University of North Carolina Press African American Studies African American women; foodways; George Tillman Jr.; Soul Food; Gordonsville, Virginia; fried chicken; BeBe Moore Campbell… Meer...

The University of North Carolina Press African American Studies African American women; foodways; George Tillman Jr.; Soul Food; Gordonsville, Virginia; fried chicken; BeBe Moore Campbell; Your Blues Ain't Like Mine; Ann Allen Shockley; Say Jesus and Come to Me; Chris Rock; Bigger and Blacker; Kara Walker; Keys to the Coop; chicken ,9780807856864 UK,GB,DE,ES,FR,IT,US,CA,MX,AU,NZ 20061208 English Social Sciences, The University of North Carolina Press<

2006, ISBN: 9780807877357

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