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CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
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CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Parker Gray
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 ar/Detail.aspx?si=15785\n\nChicken-both the bird and the food-has played 
 multiple roles in the lives of African American women from the slavery er
 a to the present. It has provided food and a source of income for their f
 amilies\, shaped a distinctive culture\, and helped women define and exer
 t themselves in racist and hostile environments. Psyche A. Williams-Forso
 n examines the complexity of black women's legacies using food as a form 
 of cultural work. While acknowledging the negative interpretations of bla
 ck culture associated with chicken imagery\, Williams-Forson focuses her 
 analysis on the ways black women have forged their own self-definitions a
 nd relationships to the "gospel bird."\n\nExploring material ranging from
  personal interviews to the comedy of Chris Rock\, from commercial advert
 isements to the art of Kara Walker\, and from cookbooks to literature\, W
 illiams-Forson considers how black women arrive at degrees of self-defini
 tion and self-reliance using certain foods. She demonstrates how they def
 y conventional representations of blackness and exercise influence throug
 h food preparation and distribution. Understanding these complex relation
 ships clarifies how present associations of blacks and chicken are rooted
  in a past that is fraught with both racism and agency. The traditions an
 d practices of feminism\, Williams-Forson argues\, are inherent in the fo
 ods women prepare and serve.\n\nPsyche Williams-Forson is Associate Profe
 ssor and Chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of
  Maryland College Park. She is an affiliate faculty member of the Women's
  Studies\, African American Studies\, Anthropology/Archeology and the Con
 sortium on Race\, Gender\, and Ethnicity at the University of Maryland. H
 er research and teaching interests discuss the ways that power functions 
 in our everyday lives. Her current research explores food shaming and foo
 d policing in Black communities. \n\n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\,
  902 Wythe St.\nContact Phone: 703.746.4356\nFees: FREE\nReservations Enc
 ouraged\n\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History Museum\, Lect
 ure\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Parker Gray
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LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs
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 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=15785">https://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=15785</a><br />\n<br />Chicken?both the b
 ird and the food?has played multiple roles in the lives of African Americ
 an women from the slavery era to the present. It has provided food and a 
 source of income for their families\, shaped a distinctive culture\, and 
 helped women define and exert themselves in racist and hostile environmen
 ts. Psyche A. Williams-Forson examines the complexity of black women&#39\
 ;s legacies using food as a form of cultural work. While acknowledging th
 e negative interpretations of black culture associated with chicken image
 ry\, Williams-Forson focuses her analysis on the ways black women have fo
 rged their own self-definitions and relationships to the &quot\;gospel bi
 rd.&quot\;\n<br />\n<br />Exploring material ranging from personal interv
 iews to the comedy of Chris Rock\, from commercial advertisements to the 
 art of Kara Walker\, and from cookbooks to literature\, Williams-Forson c
 onsiders how black women arrive at degrees of self-definition and self-re
 liance using certain foods. She demonstrates how they defy conventional r
 epresentations of blackness and exercise influence through food preparati
 on and distribution. Understanding these complex relationships clarifies 
 how present associations of blacks and chicken are rooted in a past that 
 is fraught with both racism and agency. The traditions and practices of f
 eminism\, Williams-Forson argues\, are inherent in the foods women prepar
 e and serve.\n<br />\n<br />Psyche Williams-Forson is Associate Professor
  and Chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of Mar
 yland College Park. She is an affiliate faculty member of the Women&#39\;
 s Studies\, African American Studies\, Anthropology/Archeology and the Co
 nsortium on Race\, Gender\, and Ethnicity at the University of Maryland. 
 Her research and teaching interests discuss the ways that power functions
  in our everyday lives. Her current research explores food shaming and fo
 od policing in Black communities. \n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Locatio
 n: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Contact Phone: 703.746.435
 6\n<br />Fees: FREE\n<br />Reservations Encouraged\n<br />\n<br />Audienc
 e: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History Museum\, Lecture\, Museum
 s\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Parker Gray
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