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5. Pulling Back the Peel: Uncovering the History of US Imperialism and Domesticity in Images of the Banana
Shana Klein
Description: Nourish and Resist: Food and Feminisms in Contemporary Global Caribbean Art
Nourish and Resist: Food and Feminisms in Contemporary Global Caribbean Art
In 1875 a photographer captured three US women sitting closely together consuming fruit around a table (fig. 32). The sitter at...
Author
Shana Klein
PublisherYale University Press
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Chapter subject tags:Food industry and trade--United States--HistoryFood--Caribbean Area--HistoryBananas in popular cultureColonialism--Caribbean Area--HistoryVisual culture--Caribbean Area--21st centuryArt, Caribbean--21st centuryBarrios, Moisés, 1946-Tropical fruit--Caribbean Area--HistoryWomen consumers--United States--19th centuryBanana tradeCookbooks--United States--19th centuryHousewives--United StatesUnited Fruit Company

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