Bibliograph

Building houses out of chicken legs, Black women, food, and power, Psyche A. Williams-Forson

Type

Label

Building houses out of chicken legs, Black women, food, and power, Psyche A. Williams-Forson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-302) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Building houses out of chicken legs

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

62762178

Responsibility statement

Psyche A. Williams-Forson

Sub title

Black women, food, and power

Table Of Contents

We called ourselves waiter carriers -- "Who dat say chicken in dis crowd" : Black men, visual imagery, and the ideology of fear -- Gnawing on a chicken bone in my own house : cultural contestation, Black women's work, and class -- Traveling the chicken bone express -- Say Jesus and come to me : signifying and church food -- Taking the big piece of chicken -- Still dying for some soul food? -- Flying the coop with Kara Walker -- Epilogue : from train depots to country buffets

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