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

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.

• | Author: Jennifer Jensen Wallach
• | Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 238 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1442253908
• | ISBN-13: 9781442253902