| Cooking in Other Women's Kitchens: Domestic Workers in the South,1865-1960 Contributor(s): Sharpless, Rebecca (Author) |
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ISBN: 1469606860 ISBN-13: 9781469606866 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $30.88 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 331.481 |
| LCCN: 2010015805 |
| Series: John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As African American women left the plantation economy behind, many entered domestic service in southern cities and towns. Cooking was one of the primary jobs they performed, feeding generations of white families and, in the process, profoundly shaping southern foodways and culture. Rebecca Sharpless argues that, in the face of discrimination, long workdays, and low wages, African American cooks worked to assert measures of control over their own lives. As employment opportunities expanded in the twentieth century, most African American women chose to leave cooking for more lucrative and less oppressive manufacturing, clerical, or professional positions. Through letters, autobiography, and oral history, Sharpless evokes African American women's voices from slavery to the open economy, examining their lives at work and at home. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sharpless, Rebecca: - Rebecca Sharpless is associate professor of history at Texas Christian University. She is author of Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices: Women on Texas Cotton Farms. |