Theses and Dissertations
Advisor
Williams, Brian
Committee Member
Lalk, Sarah
Committee Member
mpson , Diego Tho
Committee Member
Winata, Fikriyah
Date of Degree
5-10-2024
Original embargo terms
Visible MSU only 2 years
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Campus Access Only
Major
Geoscience (Geography)
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Geosciences
Abstract
This thesis examines the historical and contemporary roots of food apartheid in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, while employing a Black Food Geographies approach to highlight and interpret the lived experiences of people in the Delta. This work draws on interviews and participant observation in Clarksdale, Mississippi, to decenter popular narratives around food insecurity and region and instead center the ideas and opinions of people directly impacted. The thesis highlights Black Deltans’ experiences and understandings of food and foodways to provide a nuanced picture of how residents interpret, negotiate, and challenge the region’s unequal food geographies in light of a longer history of food apartheid
Recommended Citation
Patterson, Taylor, "Where’s the food? Food insecurity and Black food geographies in the Mississippi Delta" (2024). Theses and Dissertations. 6153.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/6153