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Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies

Bokhyllen: Diaspora: A Journal of Transnasjonale Studies

Av På April 18, 2011 · Legg igjen en kommentar

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnasjonale Studies…

Diaspora is dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of the history, culture, social structure, politics, and economics of both the traditional diasporas – Armenian, Greek, and Jewish – and the new transnational dispersions which in the past four decades have come to be identified as ‘diasporas.’ These encompass [...]

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On the Bookshelf: The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking

Av På September 18, 2010 · Legg igjen en kommentar

The Food, Folklore, and Art of Lowcountry Cooking: A Celebration of the Foods, History, and Romance Handed Down From England, Afrika, The Caribbean, France, Germany, and Scotland (Joseph E. Dabney – Cumberland House/Sourcebooks, Inc., 2010)

The book’s subtitle, “A Celebration of the Foods, History, and Romance Handed Down from Africa, The Caribbean, France, [...]

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Food for Thought

Av På Januar 26, 2009 · 3 Kommentarer

I have been reading Edna Lewis’ classic The Taste of Country Cooking and realizing how perceptions of African American food are painfully limited. The scope of what this food can be is so limited, this bothers me, because it has also limited the scope of what African Americans seem to think of as [...]

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The Roots Cuisine Bookshelf

Av På Januar 18, 2009 · 2 Kommentarer

Research for a new project I am working on has yielded some interesting results in terms of books. There are few books dedicated to the topic of the food of the African Diaspora that aren’t cookbooks and even those are few and far between.

I’m planning to write short reviews for this site [...]

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