Eating in the Side Room
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African American families
African Americans identity
Annapolis
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Chesapeake
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excavations
food choices
food data
food remains
hunger
independence
marginalization
Maryland
mass consumer society
meals
oppressive culture
racism
side rooms
the Burgesses
the Maynards
white oppression
Product details
- ISBN 9780813061115
- Weight: 333g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 15 Sep 2015
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In Eating in the Side Room, Mark Warner uses the archaeological data of food remains recovered from excavations in Annapolis, Maryland, and the Chesapeake as a point of departure to examine how material culture shaped African American identity in one of the country's oldest cities.
Warner skillfully demonstrates how African Americans employed food as a tool for expressing and defending their cultural heritage while living in a society that attempted to ignore and marginalize them. The ""side rooms"" where the families ate their meals not only satisfied their hunger but also their need to belong. As a result, Warner claims, the independence that African Americans practiced during this time helped prepare their children and grandchildren to overcome greater challenges of white oppression.
Warner skillfully demonstrates how African Americans employed food as a tool for expressing and defending their cultural heritage while living in a society that attempted to ignore and marginalize them. The ""side rooms"" where the families ate their meals not only satisfied their hunger but also their need to belong. As a result, Warner claims, the independence that African Americans practiced during this time helped prepare their children and grandchildren to overcome greater challenges of white oppression.
Mark S. Warner is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Idaho, USA and coeditor of Annapolis Pasts: Historical Archaeology in Annapolis, Maryland.
