{"product_id":"the-scarcity-slot-volume-75-amanda-l-logan-9780520343757","title":"The Scarcity Slot: Excavating Histories of Food Security in Ghana Volume 75","description":"A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Scarcity Slot\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to critically examine food security in Africa's deep past. Amanda L. Logan argues that African foodways have been viewed through the lens of 'the scarcity slot, ' a kind of Othering based on presumed differences in resources. Weaving together archaeological, historical, and environmental data with food ethnography, she advances a new approach to building long-term histories of food security on the continent in order to combat these stereotypes. Focusing on a case study in Banda, Ghana that spans the past six centuries, \u003ci\u003eThe Scarcity Slot \u003c\/i\u003ereveals that people thrived during a severe, centuries-long drought just as Europeans arrived on the coast, with a major decline in food security emerging only recently. This narrative radically challenges how we think about African foodways in the past with major implications for the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda L. Logan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520343751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520343757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Amanda L. Logan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987495944447,"sku":"9780520343757","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5a94786-b778-4efe-b035-16df5c0e5e2f.jpg?v=1683289329","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-scarcity-slot-volume-75-amanda-l-logan-9780520343757","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}