The Racism Of American Pictures Of Fruit

“Were fruits merely delicious gyms in pretty pictures to admire? My book The Fruits of Empire argues otherwise.”

“Divided into five chapters that each focus on a specific fruit, The Fruits of Empire examines the dark political symbolism behind visual images of grapes oranges watermelon bananas and pineapples in the decades after the Civil War.”

University of California Press
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