Title Food and identity in nineteenth and twentieth century Ghana : food, fights, and regionalism / Brandi Simpson Miller

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021] ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages) : illustrations Series Food and Identity in a Globalising World, 2662-2718 Contents 1. In search of Ghanaian food -- 2. Ghana's eco-culinary zones -- 3. The proper meal -- 4. The Asante and diplomatic use of food : A symphony of signals -- 5. Gold Coast foodways in the nineteenth century -- 6. Savanna foodways -- 7. Colonialism and local foodways -- 8. Globalisation and local foodways in Ghana Summary "This book investigates how cooking, eating, and identity are connected to the local micro-climates in each of Ghanas major eco-culinary zones. The work is based on several years of researching Ghanaian culinary history and cuisine, including field work, archival research, and interdisciplinary investigation. The political economy of Ghana is used as an analytical framework with which to investigate the following questions: How are traditional food production structures in Ghana coping with global capitalist production, distribution, and consumption? How do land, climate, and weather structure or provide the foundation for food consumption and how does that affect the separate traditional and capitalist production sectors? Despite the post WWII food fight that launched Ghanas bid for independence from the British empire, Ghanas story demonstrates the centrality of local foods and cooking to its national character. The cultural weight of regional traditional foods, their power to satisfy, and the overall collective social emphasis on the proper meal, have persisted in Ghana, irrespective of centuries of trade with Europeans. This book will be of interest to scholars in food studies, comparative studies, and African studies, and is sure to capture the interest of students in new ways."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Brandi Simpson Miller is Visiting Assistant Professor of History and the Assistant Director for the Wesleyan College Center for Social and Racial Equity, Georgia, USA Print version record Subject Food habits -- Ghana -- History -- 19th century Food habits -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century Food industry and trade -- Ghana -- History -- 19th century Food industry and trade -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century Economic history Food habits Food industry and trade SUBJECT Ghana -- Economic conditions -- 19th century Ghana -- Economic conditions -- 20th century Subject Ghana Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9783030884031 3030884031 9783030884048 303088404X 9783030884055 3030884058

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