Hunger Overcome? Food and Resistance in Twentieth-Century African American Literature |
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| Author:
| Warnes, Andrew |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-2562-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2004 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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This book investigates the juxtaposition of malnutrition and spectacular food abundance as a key trope of African American writing. Warnes focuses on works by Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Toni Morrison, and considers how black characters respond to whites' attempts at regulating access to nourishment, whether physical or intellectual.
This book investigates the juxtaposition of malnutrition and spectacular food abundance as a key trope of African American writing. Warnes focuses on works by Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Toni Morrison, and considers how black characters respond to whites' attempts at regulating access to nourishment, whether physical or intellectual.