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DESCRIPTION:Psyche A. Williams-Forson examines the complexity of black wome
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SUMMARY:Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs on Mar 25\, 2017
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CATEGORIES:Black History Museum,Lecture,Museums,Old & Historic Alexandria,P
 arker Gray
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 hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app
 s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=15785\n\nChicken-both the bird 
 and the food-has played multiple roles in the lives of African American wo
 men 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 environments. Psyc
 he A. Williams-Forson examines the complexity of black women's legacies us
 ing food as a form of cultural work. While acknowledging the negative inte
 rpretations of black culture associated with chicken imagery\, Williams-Fo
 rson focuses her analysis on the ways black women have forged their own se
 lf-definitions and relationships to the "gospel bird."\n\nExploring materi
 al ranging from personal interviews to the comedy of Chris Rock\, from com
 mercial advertisements to the art of Kara Walker\, and from cookbooks to l
 iterature\, Williams-Forson considers how black women arrive at degrees of
  self-definition and self-reliance using certain foods. She demonstrates h
 ow they defy conventional representations of blackness and exercise influe
 nce through food preparation and distribution. Understanding these complex
  relationships clarifies how present associations of blacks and chicken ar
 e rooted in a past that is fraught with both racism and agency. The tradit
 ions and practices of feminism\, Williams-Forson argues\, are inherent in 
 the foods women prepare and serve.\n\nPsyche Williams-Forson is Associate 
 Professor and Chair of the Department of American Studies at the Universit
 y of Maryland College Park. She is an affiliate faculty member of the Wome
 n's Studies\, African American Studies\, Anthropology/Archeology and the C
 onsortium 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 food
  policing in Black communities. \n\n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 9
 02 Wythe St.\nContact Phone: 703.746.4356\nFees: FREE\nReservations Encour
 aged\n\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History Museum\, Lecture\
 , Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Parker Gray\n\nImport this event i
 nto your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si
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SUMMARY:Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs
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