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Cocinando La Nación: Representaciones Del Capital Cultural En Cocina Ecléctica, Rocí del Águila 2015 Wichita State University

Cocinando La Nación: Representaciones Del Capital Cultural En Cocina Ecléctica, Rocí Del Águila

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This article analyzes cultural and gender politics, and the representation of food in Cocina ecléctica (1890). This unique cookbook, edited by Argentine writer Juana Manuela Gorriti, compiles recipes written by a group of prominent women figures and intellectuals in several countries of Spanish America. Following Pierre Bourdieu’s theory, Gorriti could be considered as an agent that accumulated cultural and social capital. Her cookbook created a space for feminist discourse, and introduced indigenous ingredients and cooking technologies in the sophisticated bourgeoisie cuisine of that era. By doing so, Gorriti and her collaborators proposed a criollo, or Spanish-American, cuisine capable of reformulating …


La Comida Y Sus Historias: Food-Centered Life Histories Of Two Mexican Women Living In The U.S., Esther Díaz Martín, José García 2015 University of Texas-Austin

La Comida Y Sus Historias: Food-Centered Life Histories Of Two Mexican Women Living In The U.S., Esther Díaz Martín, José García

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An examination of the interaction of foodways with personal history, collective memory, and identity formation, through the food-centered life histories of two Mexican women, first generation immigrants living in the U.S. Discusses espacios de convivencia, social relations orchestrated on women’s terms, the centrality of corn in the household’s diet (and changes due to the implementation of new technologies), and the significance of festive meals in relation to personal identity, to draw conclusions on women’s agency in preserving collective memory and knowledge through foodways. Includes Chicana feminist theories on women’s spaces and ways of knowing.


Culinary Mestizaje: An Afro-Latino Collective Sensory Memory, Meredith E. Abarca 2015 University of Texas at El Paso

Culinary Mestizaje: An Afro-Latino Collective Sensory Memory, Meredith E. Abarca

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On the premise that culinary mestizajes express the complexity and often contradictory histories reflected in cultural values, this study examines historical, cultural, and symbolic stories that inform the foundation of a variety of Latino cuisines, with particular emphasis on African culinary influences on Latino food preparations. The purpose of the study is not to trace the history of any single food, but to consider the mnemonics of collective palate memories embedded in lived histories, and articulations of Claude Fischler’s idea of a “principle of tastes.”


Tacos And Coloniality: A Review Essay, Michael Soldatenko 2015 California State University, Los Angeles

Tacos And Coloniality: A Review Essay, Michael Soldatenko

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Two recently published books examine the concept of “Mexican food” in the U.S. and Mexico. Gustavo Arellano’s Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America (2012) provides a readable journalistic examination of Mexican food in the U.S., and Jeffrey Pilcher’s Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food (2012) offers an academic study of Mexican food presentations in a global setting by an established scholar. Each offers an entry for the field of Mexican food studies. This reading examines correlations of power in the colonial process and development of contemporary cuisine, drawing the conclusion that the concept of “Mexican food” is …


Las Cocinas De México: Identidad Nacional Y Mestizaje Desde La Afrodescendencia, Hilda Irene Cota Guzmán 2015 Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, Colegio de Gastronomía

Las Cocinas De México: Identidad Nacional Y Mestizaje Desde La Afrodescendencia, Hilda Irene Cota Guzmán

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A reflection on Mexican cuisine through the idea of national identity sui generis, which expands to analysis on mestizaje, ethnicity, and region, with particular focus on Afro-descendant influences from a “multicultural” gaze, and concluding with an analysis of Mexican cuisine and contemporary “Mexican-ness.”

Una reflexión sobre la cocina mexicana, en términos de identidad nacional sui generis, para ampliar concepciones sobre lo regional, el mestizaje y la etnicidad, particularizando el ejemplo de la afrodescendencia. Conjuntando una mirada multicultural, finaliza con la propuesta de unos conceptos sobre la cocina mexicana desde ideas sobre la mexicanidad en la actualidad.


Green Chile And Flour Tortillas: The Making Of A Standard New Mexican Cuisine, Stephanie M. Sánchez 2015 University of Mexico

Green Chile And Flour Tortillas: The Making Of A Standard New Mexican Cuisine, Stephanie M. Sánchez

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Regional and ethnic cuisines result from generations of cultural mixing and adaptation. In the case of regional New Mexican cuisine, a food culture distinct from other southwestern diets, emerged since the colonial era, based on the central role of chile peppers, both green and red varieties. The mestizaje in preparations of such as flour tortillas, sopaipillas, and blue corn further defines New Mexican culinary traditions. The unique ingredients and cooking practices of New Mexico cuisine are assessed in this article as essential expressions of cultural identity and regional tourism, and are increasingly important to marketing and the agricultural industry.


La Cocina Tradicional Indígena De Michoacán, Lorena Ojeda, Carmen Alicia Dávila 2015 Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

La Cocina Tradicional Indígena De Michoacán, Lorena Ojeda, Carmen Alicia Dávila

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A cultural study of the origins of cuisine from the P’urhépecha region, in the Mexican state of Michoacán, visible in contemporary cuisine and community practices. Considerations of agricultural products and cultural practices, related to traditional cuisine from the preHispanic to the contemporary era.

Estudio histórico y cultural de los orígenes de la cocina de la región p’urhépecha del estado mexicano de Michoacán a través de la cocina contemporánea y sus prácticas comunitarias. Consideraciones de productos agrícolas y prácticas culturales relacionadas con la cocina tradicional desde la época prehispánica hasta la contemporánea.


Nourishing Communities And Consciousness At The Grassroots: An Interview With Carlos Ortez Of Un Solo Sol Kitchen In Boyle Heights, Enrique C. Ochoa, Fernando Mejía, Carlos Ortez 2015 California State University, Los Angeles

Nourishing Communities And Consciousness At The Grassroots: An Interview With Carlos Ortez Of Un Solo Sol Kitchen In Boyle Heights, Enrique C. Ochoa, Fernando Mejía, Carlos Ortez

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Food Blogging In Los Angeles, The Life And Times Of Javier Cabral: An Interview, Gabriel Chabrán Echternacht, Javier Cabral 2015 Whittier College

Food Blogging In Los Angeles, The Life And Times Of Javier Cabral: An Interview, Gabriel Chabrán Echternacht, Javier Cabral

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Sobre Mis Fotografías: Lorena Ojeda, Lorena Ojeda 2015 DePaul University

Sobre Mis Fotografías: Lorena Ojeda, Lorena Ojeda

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Pan Dulce, Mariano Zaro 2015 Rio Hondo College

Pan Dulce, Mariano Zaro

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El Ceviche: Una Receta Y Un Cuento, Jaime Vilchis 2015 Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid

El Ceviche: Una Receta Y Un Cuento, Jaime Vilchis

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How America Eats: A Social History Of U.S. Food And Culture, Caitlin S. Peters 2015 Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

How America Eats: A Social History Of U.S. Food And Culture, Caitlin S. Peters

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When Lightning Struck, Or Death At An Early Age, Arthur Ramírez 2015 DePaul University

When Lightning Struck, Or Death At An Early Age, Arthur Ramírez

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Eating Puerto Rico: A History Of Food, Culture, And Identity, Rafael Chabrán 2015 Whittier College

Eating Puerto Rico: A History Of Food, Culture, And Identity, Rafael Chabrán

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Chef, Bill Johnson González 2015 DePaul University

Chef, Bill Johnson González

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Steel Barrio: The Great Mexican Migration To South Chicago, 1915-1940, Lilia Fernández 2015 Ohio State University

Steel Barrio: The Great Mexican Migration To South Chicago, 1915-1940, Lilia Fernández

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A Taste Of Oaxaca: A Chef, A Recipe, And A Cookbook, Juan Pablo Bustos, Apollonia Galván 2015 University of California, Riverside

A Taste Of Oaxaca: A Chef, A Recipe, And A Cookbook, Juan Pablo Bustos, Apollonia Galván

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Rethinking Chicana/O Literature Through Food: Postnational Appetites, Marina Nájera 2015 University of California, Riverside

Rethinking Chicana/O Literature Through Food: Postnational Appetites, Marina Nájera

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On Making Sense: Queer Race Narratives Of Intelligibility, Armando García 2015 University of Pittsburgh

On Making Sense: Queer Race Narratives Of Intelligibility, Armando García

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