Black Food Matters by Hanna Garth, Ashant M. Reese - 9781517908140

Black Food MattersRacial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice\nAuthor(s): Hanna Garth, Ashant M. Reese\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9781517908140, 978-1517908140\nSynopsis\nAn in-depth look at Black food and the challenges it faces today\n\n For Black Americans, the food system is broken. When it comes to nutrition, Black consumers experience an unjust and inequitable distribution of resources. Black Food Matters examines these issues through in-depth essays that analyze how Blackness is contested through food, differing ideas of what makes our sustenance healthy, and Black individuals own beliefs about what their cuisine should be.\n\n Primarily written by nonwhite scholars, and framed through a focus on Black agency instead of deprivation, the essays here showcase Black communities fighting for the survival of their food culture. The book takes readers into the real world of Black susten.