{"product_id":"savage-barbecue-andrew-warnes-9780820331096","title":"Savage Barbecue: Race, Culture, and the Invention of America's First Food","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbecue is a word that means different things to different people. It can be a verb or a noun. It can be pulled pork or beef ribs. And, especially in the American South, it can cause intense debate and stir regional pride. Perhaps, then, it is no surprise that the roots of this food tradition are often misunderstood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Savage Barbecue,\" Andrew Warnes traces what he calls America's first food through early transatlantic literature and culture. Building on the work of scholar Eric Hobsbawm, Warnes argues that barbecue is an invented tradition, much like Thanksgiving-one long associated with frontier mythologies of ruggedness and relaxation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting with Columbus's journals in 1492, Warnes shows how the perception of barbecue evolved from Spanish colonists' first fateful encounter with natives roasting iguanas and fish over fires on the beaches of Cuba. European colonists linked the new food to a savagery they perceived in American Indians, ensnaring barbecue in a growing web of racist attitudes about the New World. Warnes also unearths the etymological origins of the word barbecue, including the early form barbacoa; its coincidental similarity to barbaric reinforced emerging stereotypes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbecue, as it arose in early transatlantic culture, had less to do with actual native practices than with a European desire to define those practices as barbaric. Warnes argues that the word barbecue retains an element of violence that can be seen in our culture to this day. \"Savage Barbecue\" offers an original and highly rigorous perspective on one of America's most popular food traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Warnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820331090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820331096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/24\/2008 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/16\/2008","brand":"Andrew Warnes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057350340863,"sku":"9780820331096","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_548dfb97-c329-40f3-bb33-d235efcf213c.jpg?v=1685046470","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/savage-barbecue-andrew-warnes-9780820331096","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}