Syllabus

January 14           Edna Lewis, “What is Southern?”
January 16           John Egerton, Southern Food, 1-49
January 19           MLK Holiday
January 21           Egerton, 52-109                              
January 23           Egerton, 110-173                            
January 26           Egerton, 176-281
January 28           Egerton, 282-345                          
January 30           Fred Opie, Hog and Hominy, 1-30
February 2           Opie, 31-82
February 4           Opie, 83-120
February 6           Opie, 121-138 & 155-173
February 9           Psyche Williams-Forson, Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs, 13-37
February 11         Williams-Forson, 38-79
February 13         Williams-Forson, 80-113
February 16         Williams-Forson, 114-134
February 18         Oral History Workshop
February 20         Matthew Ernest Mickler, White Trash Cooking
February 23         Mickler 
February 25         Guest lecture by John T. Edge
February 27         Ellen Douglas, Can’t Quit You, Baby, Ch. 1
March 2               Douglas, Chs. 2-3
March 4               Douglas, Ch. 4
March 6               Douglas, Chs. 5-6
March 9               Spring Break
March 11             Spring Break
March 13             Spring Break
March 16             Doris Witt, “Look Ma, the Real Aunt Jemina”
March 18             Patricia Yeager, “Edible Labor”
March 20             Service Learning Workshop
March 23             Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, 1-69 Oral History Due
March 25             Kingsolver, 70-147
March 27             Kingsolver, 148-218
March 28             Ground-Breaking at Pleasant Hill Community Garden, 9-3
March 30             Kingsolver, 219-276
April 1                 Kingsolver, 277-332
April 3                 No class
April 6                 Williams-Forson, 135-162
April 8                 Marcie Cohen Ferris, "Matzoh Ball Gumbo"
April 10               Good Friday
April 13               Wade Clark Roof, "BBQ in the Blood?"
April 15               Scott Romine, “Mama Dip's Kitchen”
April 17               Fried Green Tomatoes
April 19               Lunch at Whistle Stop Cafe in Juliette, Georgia, 11-1
April 20               Andrew Warnes, "From Barbacoa to Barbecue"
April 22               John Shelton Reed, Holy Smoke, 1-78
April 24               Reed, 79-129
April 27               Reed, 130-200
April 29               Reed, 201-291
May 1                  Barbeque Workshop Service Learning Reflection Due
May 9                  Final Exam Barbecue 2-5