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Exquisite Paradise: Taste And Consumption In Hebe Uhart’S ‘El Budín Esponjoso’ (1977), Karina Elizabeth Vázquez Dec 2021

Exquisite Paradise: Taste And Consumption In Hebe Uhart’S ‘El Budín Esponjoso’ (1977), Karina Elizabeth Vázquez

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

Food Studies in Latin American Literature presents a timely collection of essays analyzing a wide array of Latin American narratives through the lens of food studies. Topics explored include potato and maize in colonial and contemporary global narratives; the role of cooking in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poetics; the centrality of desire in twentieth-century cooking writing by women; the relationship among food, recipes, and national identity; the role of food in travel narratives; and the impact of advertisements on domestic roles.

The contributors included here—experts in Latin American history, literature, and cultural studies—bring a novel, interdisciplinary approach to …


[Introduction To] Politica Y Posmodernidad: Hacia Una Lectura De La Anti-Modernidad En Lationoamerica, Claudia Ferman Jan 1993

[Introduction To] Politica Y Posmodernidad: Hacia Una Lectura De La Anti-Modernidad En Lationoamerica, Claudia Ferman

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Me propongo aquí bosquejar brevemente el recorrido argumental que dio sustancia al presente trabajo. Me gustaría empezar citando a Cortázar. La obra de Cortázar encarna de alguna manera un conjunto de debates que se produjeron en las décadas del 60 y 70 en gran parte del mundo, y de los que nosotros hemos querido dar cuenta desde la nueva perspectiva que abrieron los 80. Más adelante nos ocuparemos de eso, ahora vayamos a dar Ia vuelta a los mundos del 60.