Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America
Author:   Frederick Douglass Opie
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
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9780231146388


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   08 October 2008
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Frederick Douglass Opie
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.468kg
ISBN:  

9780231146388


ISBN 10:   0231146388
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   08 October 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction 1. The Atlantic Slave Trade and the Columbian Exchange 2. Adding to my Bread and Greens 3. Hog and Hominy 4. The Great Migration 5. The Beans and Greens of Necessity 6. Eating Jim Crow 7. The Chitlin Circuit 8. The Declining Influence of Soul Food 9. Food Rebels Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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[An] elegant, detailed history... Highly recommended. -- Choice


[An] elegant, detailed history... Highly recommended. Choice 9/1/2009 Hog and Hominy provides a definitive history of the grand social forces and unforgettable personalities that have revolutionized Africa American cooking since the twilight of the Jim Crow system. -- Andrew Warnes Gastronomica Winter 2010 Hog and Hominy contributes to understanding the important place of soul food in African American culture and of African American cuisine in the American melting pot. -- Carole Counihan Journal of American Ethnic History Vol 30, No 2


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Frederick Douglass Opie is associate professor of history and director of the African Diaspora Studies Program at Marist College. Interethnic contact informs Opie's writing and teaching, with his forthcoming book based on his doctoral dissertation in history at Syracuse University looking at African American migration to Caribbean Guatemala at the turn of the century. He is currently writing a history of African American and Latino relations in New York from 1930 to 2008 and lives with his wife and two children in New York's historic Hudson Valley.

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