The Scarcity Slot
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Scarcity Slot is the first book to critically examine food security in Africa's deep past. Amanda L. Logan argues that African foodways have been viewed through the lens of "the scarcity slot," a kind of Oth...
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University of California Press
2021
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| author | Logan, Amanda L. |
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| description | A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.
The Scarcity Slot is the first book to critically examine food security in Africa's deep past. Amanda L. Logan argues that African foodways have been viewed through the lens of "the scarcity slot," a kind of Othering based on presumed differences in resources. Weaving together archaeological, historical, and environmental data with food ethnography, she advances a new approach to building long-term histories of food security on the continent in order to combat these stereotypes. Focusing on a case study in Banda, Ghana that spans the past six centuries, The Scarcity Slot reveals that people thrived during a severe, centuries-long drought just as Europeans arrived on the coast, with a major decline in food security emerging only recently. This narrative radically challenges how we think about African foodways in the past with major implications for the future. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-338972025-03-27T22:24:01Z The Scarcity Slot Logan, Amanda L. Social Science Archaeology Social Science Anthropology General Social Science Agriculture & Food (see Also Political Science Public Policy Agriculture & Food Policy) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC4 Cultural studies: food and society A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Scarcity Slot is the first book to critically examine food security in Africa's deep past. Amanda L. Logan argues that African foodways have been viewed through the lens of "the scarcity slot," a kind of Othering based on presumed differences in resources. Weaving together archaeological, historical, and environmental data with food ethnography, she advances a new approach to building long-term histories of food security on the continent in order to combat these stereotypes. Focusing on a case study in Banda, Ghana that spans the past six centuries, The Scarcity Slot reveals that people thrived during a severe, centuries-long drought just as Europeans arrived on the coast, with a major decline in food security emerging only recently. This narrative radically challenges how we think about African foodways in the past with major implications for the future. 2021-02-10T14:12:13Z 2021-02-10T14:12:13Z 2020-12-15T13:21:05Z 2020 book OCN: 1158510741 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43330 9780520975149 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33897 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43330/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43330/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43330/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43330/1/external_content.pdf University of California Press University of California Press 19856893-4bf2-4e3e-9137-c7692d64e4c1 Knowledge Unlatched 9780520975149 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) University of California Press open access |
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