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The much anticipated volume by A. Breeze Harper, Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society is being released by Lantern Books on March 1, 2010.
(http://www.lanternbooks.com)

Sistah Vegan explores food politics, identity, sexuality, health, womanism, feminism, decolonization, anti-racism, eco-sustainability, and animal rights through the lens of the black female vegan experience in the USA. It is the first volume of its kind to address the racialized-gendered vegan experience in the USA.

Some topics explored in book:

How do race, class, and gender affect the experiences of black female vegans?

Why must nutritional liberation be integral to understanding the methodology of the oppressed?

How can veganism re-define philosophies of womanism?

How do black women vegans navigate through family and friends' perceptions of veganism as a "white thing" and in opposition to traditional black Soul Food identity?

How do some black female vegans resist legacies of slavery (i.e. health disparities) by liberating the "colonized" palate?
What does it mean to be a full figured black vegan women in a mainstream vegan culture that visually defines "healthy vegans" as "thin" and "white"?


For more information about the author, book release parties in the East Bay California area, having the author speak at your venue, or ordering books in bulk, contact sistahvegan98@mac.com and go to http://www.breezeharper.com and http://www.sistahveganproject.com