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Cooking in Other Women’s Kitchens

Domestic Workers in the South,1865-1960
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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.

Author Biography:

Rebecca Sharpless is associate professor of history at Texas Christian University, USA. She is author of Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices: Women on Texas Cotton Farms.
Release date Australia
February 28th, 2013
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Edition
New edition
Pages
304
Dimensions
152x231x23
ISBN-13
9781469606866
Product ID
20935265

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