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Sacred recipes: The praxis, power, and politics of Black food culture
- Source :
- Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Vol 10, Iss 2 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems, 2021.
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Abstract
- First paragraph: Garth and Reese’s edited volume Black Food Matters paints a vivid picture of the evolution of Black food culture as it negotiates the socio-cultural and political complexities surrounding food and race in America. This work centers around the manifestation of Black food in all its stages, from seed to plate, recognizing that it is both a reflection of the lived experiences of Black people in America and an outright rejection of the harm inflicted on them through a persistently anti-Black structural context. The authors trace the resistance and sur­vival praxis of Black food culture from its earliest origins in the practices of slaves on the Middle Passage to the contemporary practices of local-food–based economies in Black urban and rural communities across the nation. In doing so, each of the authors highlights the ongoing threat that racial capitalism poses to the cultural integrity and socio-economic sustainability of Black com­muni­ties. Readers are able to draw valuable com­parisons between the past and present as they see how Black alimentary and economic autarky have consistently been met with multifaceted exploita­tion by mainstream, white-dominated society. And yet, the stories told by the book’s authors are ones of resilience and dignity, highlighting the innova­tion, adaptability, and forti­tude of Black people, as reflected in both African-American and Afro-diasporic food culture. . . .
- Subjects :
- History
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Racism
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lcsh:Social Sciences
Politics
Dignity
Foodways
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Structural Inequities
Mainstream
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lcsh:Human ecology. Anthropogeography
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African-American
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Praxis
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Environmental ethics
Cultural Commodification
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Resistence
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Autarky
Middle Passage
lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21520801
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8fca453745a9897b953f0ab8390aa01f