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acknowledgments ix introduction Whose Food, When, and Why? Longing for Corn and Beans 1 chapter one Moonshine: Drawing a Bead on Southern Food and Gender 21 chapter two Biscuits and Cornbread: Race, Class, and Gender Politics of Women Baking Bread 51 chapter three Canning Tomatoes: Growing “Better and More Perfect Women” 83 chapter four Will Work for Food: Mill Work, Pellagra, and Gendered Consumption 119 contents chapter five Cookbooks and Curb Markets: Wild Messes of Southern Food and Gender 165 conclusion Market Bulletins: Writing the Mess of Greens Together 193 notes 205 bibliography 235 index 259 ...

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