FOOD-UE 1051 Lecture Notes - Cuisine Of The Southern United States, Norman Rockwell, Soul Food
9 Apr 2013
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Covered readings: bentley, amy, islands of serenity: gender, race, and ordered. Poe, tracey, the origins of soul food in black urban identity: chicago, 1915-1947 (usa) 1960s- social chaos, marginalized people gain power: women, blacks, non-whites. Norman rockwell held up a mirror to americans, produced an ideal image (freedom from want, oversized turkey) Bentley is a historian, uses pamphlets, propaganda images as texts. Starts of focusing on stories of inequality between men and women, later realizes race is also a prominent theme. Thanksgiving is very american, includes all americans but excludes non- Americans whereas christmas is not an american-only tradition, and it is more for christians. It is a plentiful feast that demonstrates abundance and wealth. Wwii disrupted the family structure- men went off the war and women took on more responsibilities: propaganda such as freedom from want contrast with actual happenings. Status quo (man=breadwinner, blacks subservient/low status vs.
