Mark S. Warner

Eating in the Side Room (eBook, ePUB)

Food, Archaeology, and African American Identity

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An archaeological study of African American foodways in nineteenth-century Annapolis

In Eating in the Side Room, Mark Warner uses the archaeological data of food remains recovered from excavations in Annapolis, Maryland, and the Chesapeake to show how African Americans established identity in the face of pervasive racism and marginalization.

By studying the meat purchasing habits of two African American familiesthe Maynards and the BurgessesWarner skillfully demonstrates that while African Americans were actively participating in a growing mass consumer society, their food choices subtly yet unequivocally separated them from white society. The "side rooms" where the two families ate their meals not only satisfied their hunger but also their need to maintain autonomy from an oppressive culture. As a result, Warner claims, the independence that African Americans practiced during this time helped prepare their children and grandchildren to overcome persistent challenges of white oppression.



Publication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Florida
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780813072708
• Artikelnr.: 75635918

Autorenporträt

Mark S. Warner is professor of anthropology at the University of Idaho. He is coeditor of Using and Curating Archaeological Collections, Historical Archaeology Through a Western Lens, and Annapolis Pasts: Historical Archaeology in Annapolis, Maryland.