Que vivan los Tamales! : Food and the Making of Mexican Identity by Jeffrey M. Pilcher - 1998

University of New Mexico Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of New Mexico Press, 1998-04-01. First Edition. paperback. Used: Good.

University of New Mexico Press, 1998-04-01. Paperback. Good. 0.9449 in x 8.8976 in x 6.0236 in. May contain highlighting/underlining/notes/etc. May have used stickers on cover. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed to be included with used books.

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University of New Mexico Press, 1998-04-01. First Edition. paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New. Connections between what people eat and who they are--between cuisine and identity--reach deep into Mexican history, beginning with pre-Columbian inhabitants offering sacrifices of human flesh to maize gods in hope of securing plentiful crops. This cultural history of food in Mexico traces the influence of gender, race, and class on food preferences from Aztec times to the present and relates cuisine to the formation of national identity. The metate and mano, used by women for grinding corn and chiles since pre-Columbian times, remained essential to preparing such Mexican foods as tamales, tortillas, and mole poblano well into the twentieth century. Part of the ongoing effort by intellectuals and political leaders to Europeanize Mexico was an attempt to replace corn with wheat. But native foods and flavors persisted and became an essential part of indigenista ideology and what it meant to be authentically Mexican after 1940, when a growing urban middle class appropriated… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1998. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 234 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.50 inches.

University of New Mexico Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

University of New Mexico Press. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!