1. How does food become the center of power relations between master and slaves?
Food becomes the center of power relations between master and slave is shown by using 'repetitive food imagery' and 'oral metaphors'. Food and the way it is eaten is often the basis of who the master and the slave is. To quote from the essay, "In incidents, scenes of eating and feeding encode the power dynamics of slavery." "Those in power assert control by feeding and consuming black bodies while they implicitly reveal their dependency." And "Food is the center of a demented power struggle." We can also say that appetite, food, and its sources are used literally and figuratively in terms of master-slave power relations.
2. How is food associated with a mother?
Food is associated with a mother in a way that a mother is a source of food for her children. She provides nourishment for the bodies who depend on her. Food is also said to be the symbol of maternity. To quote from the essay, "As all humans are born of women and find their first satisfaction of hunger and human touch in the female bosom, female bodies get metaphorically and economically associated with food and food production." It was also mentioned in the essay that Harriet Jacobs represented the "maternal body and kitchen to reflect abundant food production".
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