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AFRICAN 202: Introductory Topics in African Cultural Studies: We are What We Eat: Food as a Vehicle for Culture in Africa and Beyond (Summer 2022) : Find Books

FInd Books

Use the Library Catalog to find books. Books often provide background and comprehensive information about a topic.  Books may have a single author or contain chapters by different authors and have an editor. 

Useful Subject Headings

The Library Catalog records include Subjects, or tags from an official list.  They describe the subject of the books or materials.  It can be helpful to use these words or phrases to search for books.  Some examples: 

Africa -- Social life and customs

Cooking

Cooking -- African

Cooking, African -- History

Food -- History

Food -- Research

Food -- Social aspects

Food habits

Food habits -- Africa 

Food habits -- Africa -- History

Food habits -- Political aspects

Food habits -- Social aspects