Dear ListServ Administrator: Please post this to Screen-L. Also, please let me know if you'd like to review the book for your listserv. Thanks! Best wishes, Stacy Zellmann Direct Marketing Manager University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 612-627-1934 http://www.upress.umn.edu Explores the complex relationship between food and African American history. BLACK HUNGER: Soul Food and America Doris Witt University of Minnesota Press | 304 pages | 2004 ISBN 0-8166-4551-5 | paperback | $18.95 Black Hunger focuses on debates over soul food since the 1960s to illuminate a complex web of political, economic, religious, sexual, and racial tensions between whites and blacks and within the black community itself. Doris Witt draws on vaudeville, literature, film, visual art, and cookbooks to explore how food has been used both to perpetuate and to challenge racial stereotypes. ³A fascinating look at foodıs role in African-American culture.² Chicago Sun-Times ³A well-researched and insightful discussion of the creation of mythology about black women and food.² Womenıs Review of Books For more information, visit the book's webpage: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/W/witt_black.html Sign up to receive news on the latest releases from University of Minnesota Press: http://www.upress.umn.edu/eform.html ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]