Southern Convenience Food, Digital Culture, and the Black Folktastic
My guest for this episode is Dr. Constance Bailey, Assistant Professor of African American Literature and Folklore at Georgia State University and Digital Media Editor at the American Folklore Society. She has multiple books in the works, including the upcoming Get It While It's Hot: Gas Station, Roadside, and Convenience Cuisine in the U.S. South and The No Limit Reader: Music, Place, and Space in the Gulf South.
Dr. Bailey and I discuss the distinctions between "soul food" and "Southern food," the persistence of gas station and roadside food spots in the South, Black memes, the importance of preserving Black digital culture, as well as the Black "folktastic", which she defines as the fantasy elements in Black folklore.
Dr. Bailey's website: constancebailey.com
Instagram account: @constancetheeakademic
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Episode Notes:
“You Name It” – DJ Suede the Remix God ft Pastor Shirley Caesar
“Practice What You Preach” – Barry White
“The Wreck of the Hesperus” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The No Limit Reader: Music, Place, & Space in the Gulf South
The Salt Eaters - Toni Cade Bambara
The Hungry Historian
Soul Food etc post about my research into the company behind The Hungry Historian