T he volume’s contributors offer insights from history, literary studies, sociology, anthropology, and African American studies to demonstrate how food’s material and symbolic values have contributed to African Americans’ identity for centuries.Īvailable in print. Moving beyond catfish and collard greens to the soul of African American cooking, Bower Examin es the combination of African, Caribbean, and South American traditions. The exhibition is on display until April 30.įood History African American Foodways: Explorations of History and Culture by Anne Bower (2007) It also includes books and traditional recipes of cooking styles such as low country, creole, barbecue, and more. The exhibition features 30 books and cookbooks written by Black authors that highlight Black influence on American cuisine. Want to see some of these books up close? Many titles listed below are currently featured in the new exhibition “A Place at the Table: The Influence of Black Cuisine” the Stone Center Library. This reading list, compiled by the staff at the Stone Center Library, highlights both books and cookbooks that help to illustrate how integral Black cuisine is to American culture. Black cuisine has a rich, diverse, and complex history that has been historically overlooked by modern food culture. Family reunions, church picnics, cookouts, and Sunday dinners all use food as a way to build connections in the African American community.
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