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Soul Food Has No Single Origin Story

  • 2700 Swiss Event Space · Dallas
  • From USD 39.72
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Soul Food Has No Single Origin Story
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The Hang Theory. A lecture series by Hang Dallas.One speaker. One big idea. One good room.Where · 2700 SWISS Event Space.The phrase 'soul food' carries enormous cultural weight, but its history is far messier than most people realize. Dr. Jennifer Wallach walks through the debates, reinventions, and outright myths that have shaped what Americans call Black food, tracing how a term born in the 1960s became shorthand for a cuisine with roots stretching back centuries and across continents. The talk examines how identity, migration, and marketing have all left their mark on a category that has never had a single, stable definition.How the night goesDoors at 6:00 PM. Come early, grab a drink and something to eat, settle in.Jennifer takes the floor at 7:00 PM.Questions from the room near 7:45 PM.Afterward, stay for a glass of wine with Jennifer. The best conversations happen then.
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2700 Swiss Event Space, 2700 Swiss Avenue, Dallas, United States

Tickets USD 39.72
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