Graduation Year
2018
Date of Submission
4-2018
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
Second Department
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)
Reader 1
Lisa Cody
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Abstract
This thesis examines the history of barbecue as a political institution in the United States. It pulls from a wide variety of cultural and political sources to trace the story of barbecue’s evolution in America from cooking structure to social gathering, and addresses barbecue’s varied political meanings and implementations from before the American Revolution through the twentieth century. Along the way, it discusses the ways in which barbecue as a political institution has been used to cultivate an American identity, played a role in the development of personality driven politics in the United States, and found itself at the center of debates over race and equality in America.
Recommended Citation
Streator, Campbell, ""Pig-Sawce" and Politics: The History of Barbecue as a Political Institution in the United States" (2018). CMC Senior Theses. 1920.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1920
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
