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Que Vivan Los Tamales!: Food and the Making of Mexican Identity
This cultural history of food in Mexico traces the influence of gender, race, and class on food preferences from Aztec times to the present.
Book Details
- Publisher: Unm Press
- Publish Date: Apr 1st, 1998
- Pages: 253
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.98in - 6.10in - 0.66in - 0.81lb
- EAN: 9780826318732
- Categories: • Latin America - Mexico• Anthropology - Cultural & Social• Customs & Traditions
About the Author
Pilcher, Jeffrey M.: - Jeffrey M. Pilcher is associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota. He is also author of Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity, The Human Tradition in Mexico, and Food in World History.
Praise for this book
"This fascinating and very readable account indicates how much we can learn about people from a study of the food they eat. Vivan los tamales!"
"ÝA¨ delightful approach . . . . This well-written book highlights the interaction of the regional and national and the role of women in developing a national identity."
"[A] delightful approach . . . . This well-written book highlights the interaction of the regional and national and the role of women in developing a national identity."
""Que vivan los tamales!" provides the foodies with a great addition to their librar[ies]. . . . Politics, society, economy and food history converge like a grand stew with all the right fixings."