Taste, Politics, and Identities in Mexican Food

Taste, Politics, and Identities in Mexican Food
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 9781350066687
ISBN-13 : 1350066680
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Book Synopsis Taste, Politics, and Identities in Mexican Food by : Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz

Download or read book Taste, Politics, and Identities in Mexican Food written by Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the history, archaeology, and anthropology of Mexican taste. Contributors analyze how the contemporary identity of Mexican food has been created and formed through concepts of taste, and how this national identity is adapted and moulded through change and migration.wing on case studies with a focus on Mexico, but also including Israel and the United States, the contributors examine how local and national identities, the global market of gastronomic tourism, and historic transformations in trade, production, the kitchen space and appliances shape the taste of Mexican food and drink. Chapters include an exploration of the popularity of Mexican beer in the United States by Jeffrey M. Pilcher, an examination of the experience of eating chapulines in Oaxaca by Paulette Schuster and Jeffrey H. Cohen, an investigation into transformations of contemporary Yucatecan gastronomy by Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz, and an afterword from Richard Wilk. Together, the contributors demonstrate how taste itself is shaped through a history of social and cultural practices.


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