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