Weekly Book List, October 24, 2011

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Compiled by Nina C. Ayoub

AMERICAN STUDIES

A Mess of Greens: Southern Gender and Southern Food by Elizabeth S.D. Engelhardt (University of Georgia Press; 248 pages; $59.95 hardcover, $24.95 paperback). Considers what the food choices of Southern women reveal about race, class, and gender in the region; topics include biscuits versus cornbread.

ANTHROPOLOGY

Ainu Spirits Singing: The Living World of Chiri Yukie's "Ainu Shin'yoshu" by Sarah M. Strong