LEADER 04243oam 2200673 a 450 001 9910815351303321 005 20231220222853.0 010 $a1-283-26792-6 010 $a9786613267924 010 $a0-8203-4187-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000054454 035 $a(OCoLC)756768339 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10498992 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000539093 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11379501 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539093 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10568555 035 $a(PQKB)10631457 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039058 035 $a(OCoLC)794700458 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15812 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039058 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10498992 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL326792 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000054454 100 $a20110505h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA mess of greens $eSouthern gender and Southern food /$fElizabeth S.D. Engelhardt 210 1$aAthens :$cUniversity of Georgia Press,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 265 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8203-3471-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhose food, when, and why?: longing for corn and beans -- Moonshine: drawing a bead on Southern food and gender -- Biscuits and cornbread: race, class, and gender politics of women baking bread -- Canning tomatoes: growing "better and more perfect women" -- Will work for food: mill work, pellagra, and gendered consumption -- Cookbooks and curb markets: wild messes of Southern food and gender -- Market bulletins: writing the mess of greens together. 330 $aCombining the study of food culture with gender studies and using per?spectives from historical, literary, environmental, and American studies, Elizabeth S.D. Engelhardt examines what southern women's choices about food tell us about race, class, gender, and social power. Shaken by the legacies of Reconstruction and the turmoil of the Jim Crow era, different races and classes came together in the kitchen, often as servants and mistresses but also as people with shared tastes and traditions. Generally focused on elite whites or poor blacks, southern foodways are often portrayed as stable and unchanging-even as an untroubled source of nostalgia. A Mess of Greens offers a different perspective, taking into account industrialization, environmental degradation, and women's increased role in the work force, all of which caused massive economic and social changes. Engelhardt reveals a broad middle of southerners that included poor whites, farm families, and middle- and working-class African Americans, for whom the stakes of what counted as southern food were very high. Five "moments" in the story of southern food-moonshine, biscuits versus cornbread, girls' tomato clubs, pellagra as depicted in mill literature, and cookbooks as means of communication-have been chosen to illuminate the connectedness of food, gender, and place. Incorporating community cookbooks, letters, diaries, and other archival materials, A Mess of Greens shows that choosing to serve cold biscuits instead of hot cornbread could affect a family's reputation for being hygienic, moral, educated, and even godly 606 $aFood habits$zSouthern States$xHistory 606 $aFood$xSocial aspects$zSouthern States$xHistory 606 $aCooking, American$xSouthern style$xHistory 606 $aWomen$zSouthern States$xSocial life and customs 607 $aSouthern States$xSocial life and customs 607 $aSouthern States$xSocial conditions 615 0$aFood habits$xHistory. 615 0$aFood$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aCooking, American$xSouthern style$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial life and customs. 676 $a394.1/20975 700 $aEngelhardt$b Elizabeth Sanders Delwiche$f1969-$01597968 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815351303321 996 $aA mess of greens$93967263 997 $aUNINA