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Critiquing The Elite In The Barataria And 'Ricote' Food Episodes In Don Quijote Ii, Carolyn A. Nadeau
Critiquing The Elite In The Barataria And 'Ricote' Food Episodes In Don Quijote Ii, Carolyn A. Nadeau
Carolyn A Nadeau
In Don Quixote II the multiple food episodes revolve around Sancho Panza who experiences and discusses the changing face of Spain's gastronomy. From simple peasant food to elaborate noble banquets, from a village wedding celebration to spontaneous roadside meals, and from detailed food preparations to post prandial conversations, the visceral Sancho experiences fully sensual pleasures of consumption. Characters in the novel, specifically Don Quixote and the doctor Pedro Recio who attends to Sancho while governor of Barataria, reveal cultural assumptions that consuming certain foods was a sign of social identity and maintained proper social equilibrium. In addition to confronting this …