Live and Let Di(n)e. Food and Race in the Texts of the American South

Acknowledgments Introduction FOODSCAPE Chapter 1: The domestic culinary spaces of racial encounters in a white household Pantry and Kitchen as Contact Zones Kitchen Versus Dining Room From a White Kitchen to a Black Living Room Chapter 2: Consuming public spaces: the color lines in Jim Crow dining cars, stores, and cafés Separate but Equal Dining Cars The Dignity of Shopping The Transgressive Café Chapter 3: A sweet taste of victory: food and social drama in the civil rights south Lunch Counter Sit-ins Bigger Than a Hamburger FOODWAYS Chapter 4: From slave food to soul food: the evolution of black southern cuisine The Definition of Black Southern Foodways Three Debates About Soul Food The South and Beyond Chapter 5: What s on the menu Competing narratives of black southern culinary culture in soul food The Nostalgic Rhapsody The Troublesome Underbelly The Culinary Fix Coda: Food for thought References Index Polskie streszczenie