Session 4 (Units 6-7): Losing Appetites for The Wrong Food and the Making of Global Tastemakers
Sat, May 04
|Zoom
Have you ever experienced food that makes you wanna sing? This expression is an aesthetic value at the core of African-American gastromusicology (music & foodways). This course comprises live & recorded courses that cover 8 units of critical gastromusicology. Manual included. (Details below)
Time & Location
May 04, 2024, 3:00 PM – 3:05 PM
Zoom
About the Event
Unit 6: “I Don’t Want No Peanut Butter and Jelly”: Indulgence Management and the Loss of Appetite for the “Wrong Food”
Gospel musicians have recorded several food-related songs about Southern and “soul” foods, such as Tye Tribbett’s live performances of “There Will Be Chicken After Church” and Here II Praise’s “Chicken Song” (1998). Through Tribbett, Here II Praise, and others' performances about church and food consumption, we find illustrations of how traditional food metaphors in gospel repertoire symbolize the formation of the Christian community. However, much of the food that they sing about has been deemed poison, the inflaming food that keeps the gospel music industry rotund and without strong immunity. in The Truthettes’ gospel performance of “Peanut Butter and Jelly” on the Take it the Lord in Prayer, which remained on the Top Spiritual Albums chart for 81 weeks, I explore how this humble, portable food metaphor is another…
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Session 4 (Units 6-7)
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