ISBN:
9783030884031
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (327 pages)
Series Statement:
Food and Identity in a Globalising World Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
394.1209667
Keywords:
Food industry and trade-Ghana
;
Food habits-Ghana
;
Ghana-Economic conditions
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Food and Identity in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Ghana: Food Fights and Regionalism -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1: In Search of Ghanaian Food -- Historiographical Context -- Sources -- Fieldwork -- Theoretical Underpinnings -- Organisation of Chapters -- References -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- 2: Ghana's Eco-Culinary Zones -- Ghanaian Geography -- Ecological Zones -- Ethnicity and Language -- The South -- The North -- New Foods -- Coastal Region Staples -- Central Forested Region Staples -- Savanna Staples -- Conclusion -- References -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- 3: The Proper Meal -- Myths, Legends, and Festivals -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: The Asante and Diplomatic Use of Food: A Symphony of Signals -- Asante Foodways -- Diplomatic Food Gifting and Exchange -- Huydecoper -- Bowdich -- Dupuis -- Freeman -- Winniett -- Food and Power -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Gold Coast Foodways in the Nineteenth Century -- Historical Context -- The Fante and the Decline of the Slave Trade -- Cassava: A Contested Good -- Legitimate Trade -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: Savanna Foodways -- Historiography -- Topography -- Regional Microclimates & -- Available Foods in the Late Nineteenth Century -- The Coming of Islam -- Seasonality and The Proper Meal in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- At Table -- Transition to the Colonial Period -- Post-Colonial Transitions -- Conclusion -- References -- 7: Colonialism and Local Foodways -- Colonial Food Policies -- Food Security and Political Stability -- National Cultural Policy and State Entertainment -- Chop Bars and Dining Out -- Twentieth Century Adoptions and Adaptations -- Conflicting Attitudes -- Conclusion -- References -- 8: Globalisation and Local Foodways in Ghana -- References -- Index.
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