Kitchenspace : women, fiestas, and everyday life in central Mexico / / Maria Elisa Christie ; foreword by Mary Weismantel
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| Autore: | Christie Maria Elisa |
| Titolo: | Kitchenspace : women, fiestas, and everyday life in central Mexico / / Maria Elisa Christie ; foreword by Mary Weismantel |
| Pubblicazione: | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 308 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Disciplina: | 394.1/20972 |
| Soggetto topico: | Fasts and feasts - Mexico |
| Kitchens - Mexico | |
| Social networks - Mexico | |
| Women - Mexico - Social conditions | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Mexico Social life and customs |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-294) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Foreword: At the kitchen table / Mary Weismantel -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A taste of three places -- Introduction -- Points of departure -- Women of the circle -- Xochimilco: "Short on days to celebrate our fiestas" -- Ocotepec: "Not letting the city eat this town up" -- Tetecala: "Here mangos used to be like gold" -- Kitchenspace narratives -- Women of Tetecala: "You have to be ingenious in the kitchen!" -- Women of Xochimilco: "It is better for the pots to awaken upside down" -- Women of Ocotepec: "We used to have a lot of pigs" -- Food for thought -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A pioneering ethnography of a crucial, yet often undervalued, site of family and community building—the kitchen. |
| ISBN: | 0-292-79403-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911145536103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.