The Spirit of Soul Food: Race, Faith, and Food Justice

Soul food has played a critical role in preserving Black history, community, and culinary genius. It is also a response to--and marker of--centuries of food injustice. Given the harm that our food production system inflicts upon Black people, what should soul food look like today? 
Christopher Carter's answer to that question merges a history of Black American foodways with a Christian ethical response to food injustice. Carter reveals how racism and colonialism have long steered the development of US food policy. The very food we grow, distribute, and eat disproportionately harms Black people specifically and people of color among the global poor in general. Carter reflects on how people of color can eat in a way that reflects their cultural identities while remaining true to the principles of compassion, love, justice, and solidarity with the marginalized. 
Both a timely mediation and a call to action, The Spirit of Soul Food places today's Black foodways at the crossroads of food justice and Christian practice.

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Carter, Christopher

Regional & International

University of Illinois Press

Soul food has played a critical role in preserving Black history, community, and culinary genius. It is also a response to--and marker of--centuries of food injustice. Given the harm that our food production system inflicts upon Black people, what should soul food look like today? Christopher Carter's answer to that question merges a history of Black American foodways with a Christian ethical response to food injustice. Carter reveals how racism and colonialism have long steered the development of US food policy. The very food we grow, distribute, and eat disproportionately harms Black people specifically and people of color among the global poor in general. Carter reflects on how people of color can eat in a way that reflects their cultural identities while remaining true to the principles of compassion, love, justice, and solidarity with the marginalized. Both a timely mediation and a call to action, The Spirit of Soul Food places today's Black foodways at the crossroads of food justice and Christian practice.

Metafilm: Materialist Rhetoric and Reflexive Cinema

In Metafilm: Materialist Rhetoric and Reflexive Cinema, Christopher Carter examines paradoxical rhetoric in visual culture, analyzing movies that immerse viewers in violent narratives while examining the ethics of the transaction. Featuring the films of Michael Haneke, Atom Egoyan, Icíar Bollaín, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Ryan Coogler, Carter analyzes how personal conflict intermingles with the inherent violence of warfare, transnational economics, labor exploitation, and racism in genres ranging from horror to historical recreation and from depictions of genocide to records of police brutality. These films, Carter argues, reflect on their construction, distribution, and audience engagement, emphasizing the material design and the economics of rhetoric in ways most films do not.   Ultimately, Metafilm reframes materialism as a multimodal composing-in-action, or reflexive materialism, focusing on movies that dramatize their entanglement in economic and historical trauma while provoking forms of resistance during and after viewing. Carter contends that even as we recognize the division of social power in the films, we must also recognize how the concept is subversive and eludes control. In looking at the interplay between the films’ content and their production, circulation, and reception, Carter explores how the films persuade us to identify with onscreen worlds before probing our expectations—validating some, rejecting others, and sometimes proposing new ways of watching altogether.  

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Ohio State University Press

In Metafilm: Materialist Rhetoric and Reflexive Cinema, Christopher Carter examines paradoxical rhetoric in visual culture, analyzing movies that immerse viewers in violent narratives while examining the ethics of the transaction. Featuring the films of Michael Haneke, Atom Egoyan, Icíar Bollaín, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Ryan Coogler, Carter analyzes how personal conflict intermingles with the inherent violence of warfare, transnational economics, labor exploitation, and racism in genres ranging from horror to historical recreation and from depictions of genocide to records of police brutality. These films, Carter argues, reflect on their construction, distribution, and audience engagement, emphasizing the material design and the economics of rhetoric in ways most films do not.  Ultimately, Metafilm reframes materialism as a multimodal composing-in-action, or reflexive materialism, focusing on movies that dramatize their entanglement in economic and historical trauma while provoking forms of resistance during and after viewing. Carter contends that even as we recognize the division of social power in the films, we must also recognize how the concept is subversive and eludes control. In looking at the interplay between the films’ content and their production, circulation, and reception, Carter explores how the films persuade us to identify with onscreen worlds before probing our expectations—validating some, rejecting others, and sometimes proposing new ways of watching altogether.

Tornadic super-cells are violent, twisted and unpredictable. Controlling them is impossible, or is it? Doctoral candidate Sarah Gately chases them to find out. But her quiet hometown of Melville Texas is being rocked by a string of unexplained deaths. Is there a connection? She embarks on her own investigation, leveraging the meteorological resources of Provine University, to discover the truth about what's really going on in Melville. In "The Legend Of Evil", Christopher Carter taps the power of human imagination while exploring heart pounding possibilities in this electrifying techno-thriller.

The Legend of Evil

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

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The Corruption of Ethos in Fortress America: Billionaires, Bureaucrats, and Body Slams argues that authoritarian strains of U.S. governance violate the idea of ethos in its ancient, collectivist sense. Christopher Carter posits that this corrupts the cultural "dwelling place" through public relations strategies, policies on race and immigration, and a general disregard for environmental concerns. Donald Trump's presidency provides a signal instance of the problem, refashioning the dwelling place as a fortress while promoting sweeping forms of exclusion and appealing to power for power's sake. Carter's analysis shows that, emboldened by the purported flexibility of truth, Trump's authoritarian rhetoric underwrites unrestrained policing, militarized borders, populist nationalism, and relentless assaults on investigative journalism. These trends bode ill for human rights and critical education as well as progressive social movements and the forms of life they entail. Worse yet, the corruption of ethos threatens life in general by privileging corporate prerogatives over ecological attunement. In response to those tendencies, Carter highlights modes of activism that merge antiracist and labor rhetoric to offer a more fluid, unpredictably emergent vision of social space, allying with ecofeminism in ways that make that vision durable. Scholars of rhetoric, political science, history, ecology, race studies, and American studies will find this book particularly useful.

The Corruption of Ethos in Fortress America: Billionaires, Bureaucrats, and Body Slams (Lexington Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric)

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Lexington Books

Before the age of man, in the deep reaches of outer space, an evil entity named Xandross ruled the universe with an iron fist! His goal was to plunge the universe into chaos and have every alien civilization in the universe serve him. Xandross almost had his way; however, a brave warrior named Atticus stepped up and took on Xandross. It was truly a battle of light versus dark; a battle prophesied before the dawn of time. After defeating the evil Xandross, Atticus disappeared into the shadows. However, before disappearing entirely, Atticus spread his energy and power throughout the galaxy. The prophecy foretold the downfall of Xandross by a warrior with the power of light. With the defeat of Xandross, apparently, the prophecy was fulfilled. Many years later, on Earth, we found ourselves in a place called Shield City. Shield City is a rough and tough place to live, where crime is rampant and is controlled by a crime lord named Jax. After a mishap during a billion dollar heist, chemicals are released into the air and infused with the energy of Atticus, which creates a disastrous storm over Shield City. The first person to be affected by this storm is a boy named Clyde Watts, who gets struck by a lightning bolt infused with the essence of Atticus. Days after the chemical storm, Clyde begins seeing visions of Atticus, who keeps telling him about an upcoming war and how it is up to him to be the light in the darkness. Besides this, Clyde gains the power to control light energy and the people around Shield City also begin to awaken superhuman abilities.Under the guise of Wire, it is up to Clyde to maintain peace in Shield City; however, that is just the icing on the cake. Clyde soon realizes that he is the destined warrior who must also bring peace to the entire universe. To realize his destiny, Clyde must grow into his role by facing off against mutants, mythical creatures, criminal masterminds, interdimensional entities, deadly assassins and intergalactic threats, which will all lead up to an ultimate and final battle for the universe!However, before we get to that point, it is important to see where this story all started. In High Voltage: Beginnings, the reader will see how it all began. You will see the fight between Atticus and Xandross, how it all led to the creation of the Earth, what Clyde was like before becoming a hero and how Jax influenced Shield City. This story is how is how it all began! This is the very beginning.

High Voltage: Beginnings

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Rhetoric and Resistance in the Corporate Academy (Research and Teaching in Rhetoric and Composition)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Hampton Pr

Your personal tour guide to the adventure of a lifetime! Ever been to a foreign city, looked around and could sense the history, the architecture, the majesty it has to offer. But being unfamiliar with the territory, you find yourself somewhat lost.aware of the grandeur all around you but unable to tap into it. What you need is a personal tour guide. With their insight, their knowledge and experience, suddenly the glory of that city comes to life. Reading the Bible can be like that. You know it's truth, it's good for you.but somehow you have the sense that there is more to learn, more "ah-ha's" and meaningful moments that you could be capturing. Prodigal Disciples is designed to be your personal tour guide through the Gospel of Luke. These pages are brimming with color, clarity, insight and understanding to help you embrace and enjoy more of God's wisdom and blessing to your life. Luke is the most detailed of the four Gospels and by understanding more fully the meaning and context of it's passages, you will find yourself more confident in your relationship with God and the security of your standing as a favored son or daughter of the King.

Prodigal Disciples: How Luke Teaches Us To Be More Like Jesus

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Zion Press

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