THE CARIBBASIN RECIPE CARDS (2022-ON GOING)
Going beyond national or
geographical borders of the Caribbean, I look for the Caribbean that becomes
present especially in and around the Permian Basin of Texas, one of the world’s
largest oil producers. Hybridity in Caribbean food emerged through forced
contacts across half of a millennia. I argue that recognizing this hybridity
leads us to seeing a ubiquitous Caribbean presence even in areas that may seem
unrelated like the Permian Basin of Texas. Can
anyone cook anything from these “recipe” cards? Probably not. But one can make
associations between the Caribbean and the Permian Basin of Texas, between food
and industry, between production and consumption, and between past and present. Works and related article is scheduled to be published in edited volume
Nourish
and Resist: Food and Transatlantic Feminism in Contemporary Global Caribbean
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