The Edible South: The Power of Food and the Making of an American Region
Location
Wedgewood Conference Center, Room 4094
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
2-10-2015 10:00 AM
Description
Ferris tells a richly illustrated story of southern food and the struggles of its people to control the nourishment of their bodies and minds, livelihoods, lands, and citizenship. The experience of food serves as an evocative lens onto colonial settlements and antebellum plantations, New South cities and Civil Rights-era lunch counters, chronic hunger and agricultural reform, counterculture communes, and iconic restaurants. Dr. Ferris reveals how food—as cuisine and as commodity—has expressed and shaped Southern identity to the present day.
Recommended Citation
Ferris, Marcie Cohen, "The Edible South: The Power of Food and the Making of an American Region" (2015). Humanities Symposium. 10.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2015/2015/10
The Edible South: The Power of Food and the Making of an American Region
Wedgewood Conference Center, Room 4094
Ferris tells a richly illustrated story of southern food and the struggles of its people to control the nourishment of their bodies and minds, livelihoods, lands, and citizenship. The experience of food serves as an evocative lens onto colonial settlements and antebellum plantations, New South cities and Civil Rights-era lunch counters, chronic hunger and agricultural reform, counterculture communes, and iconic restaurants. Dr. Ferris reveals how food—as cuisine and as commodity—has expressed and shaped Southern identity to the present day.
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