Black food matters Racial justice in the wake of food justice

Book - 2020

"An in-depth look at Black food and the challenges it faces today"--

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Published
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press [2020]
Language
English
Physical Description
302 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781517908140
9781517908133
  • Black Food Matters: An Introduction
  • 1. In the Food Justice World but Not of It: Everyday Black Food Entrepreneurship
  • 2. The Intersection of Politics and Food Security in a South Carolina Town
  • 3. Nurturing the Revolution: The Black Panther Party and the Early Seeds of the Food Justice Movement
  • 4. Blackness and "Justice" in the Los Angeles Food Justice Movement
  • 5. Good Food in a Racist System: Competing Moral Economies in Detroit
  • 6. Soul Food Gentrification: Food, Racial Heritage Tourism, and the Redevelopment of Black Space in Miami
  • 7. "Preserve and Add Flavor": Barbecue as Resistance in Memphis
  • 8. Sisters of the Soil: Urban Agriculture in Detroit
  • 9. Race, Land, and the Law: Black Farmers and the Limits of a Politics of Recognition
  • 10. The Mango Gang and New World Cuisine: White Privilege in the Commodification of Latin American and Afro-Caribbean Foods
  • Afterword: Problematizing the Problem
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Index
Review by Choice Review

This edited volume by Garth (Univ. of California, San Diego) and Reese (Univ. of Texas, Austin) highlights inequities in the global food system, particularly in relation to communities of color and specifically Black Americans. The text provides aspirational models of food justice grounded in Black agency as a response to these inequities. Framed by a clear and well-documented introduction by the editors, the books contains 10 chapters written by scholars in the fields of geography, environmental studies, anthropology, ethnic and women's studies, African and African diaspora studies, and American studies. The collection considers conditions within the food system that ground food disparities, in particular, histories of anti-Blackness. Topics covered include Black food entrepreneurship, politics and food security, the early food justice movement, the Los Angeles food justice movement, racial heritage tourism, barbecue in Memphis, urban agriculture, Black farmers, and New World cuisine. Essays contribute to an understanding of Black food culture from the perspective of primarily nonwhite scholars, thereby contributing to a field often framed through a white lens. This study is suitable for advanced students and scholars. Summing Up: Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty. --Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Washington State University

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