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

Author/creator Williams-Forson, Psyche A.
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-302) and index.
LCCN 2005035088
ISBN0807830224 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN080785686X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807830222
ISBN9780807856864

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks GT2868.5. W55 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold