“Soul Food”
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“Soul Food” is an essay from LeRoi Jones’s (Amiri Baraka’s) collection *Home: Social Essays* that critiques Black American culture and politics through the lens of food and everyday life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soul Food | 1 |
| “Soul Food” canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | essay ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
Black Arts Movement
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Black Power era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author |
Amiri Baraka
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LeRoi Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| critiques |
Black American middle-class values
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consumerism in Black American life ⓘ cultural assimilation ⓘ distortions of Black culture under capitalism ⓘ political complacency ⓘ |
| examines |
authentic versus commodified Black culture
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relationship between culture and politics ⓘ role of everyday practices in oppression ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Black American everyday life
ⓘ
symbolism of food in Black communities ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
ⓘ
political essay ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Marxist-influenced social critique
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radical Black nationalist ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Black American readers
ⓘ
readers of radical political essays ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
colloquial
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essayistic ⓘ polemical ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Black American culture
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Black American politics ⓘ food and everyday life ⓘ |
| partOf | Home: Social Essays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfWriting | 1960s ⓘ |
| publicationCollectionAuthor | LeRoi Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationCollectionTitle | Home: Social Essays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationCollectionType | essay collection ⓘ |
| questions |
integrationist politics
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notions of progress in Black American life ⓘ |
| relatedPerson |
Amiri Baraka
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LeRoi Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Home: Social Essays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesAsMetaphor |
domestic life
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eating habits ⓘ soul food cuisine ⓘ |
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Soul Food