Chicanas and Latin American women writers exploring the realm of the kitchen as a self-empowering site / edited by María Claudia André.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

André, María Claudia.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Women's studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 32.

Women's studies ; v. 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Spanish American literature.

Spanish American literature--Women authors.

Spanish American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Feminism and literature--Latin America--History and criticism.

Feminism and literature.

Women and literature--Latin America.

Women and literature.

Hispanic American literature (Spanish)--Women authors.

Hispanic American literature (Spanish).

Latin America.

Women in literature.

Cooking in literature.

Cooking, Latin American.

Kitchens in literature.

Hispanic American literature (Spanish)--Women authors--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

x, 159 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, 2001.

Contents:

Foreword: The Muse, the Meat, the Mallet: Cooking/Writing Novels / Angelica Gorodischer v

The Raw and the Cooked: Cooking and the Transgression of Boundaries in Like Water for Chocolate / Kathleen Batstone 47

Culinary Concoctions of the Female Self in the Stories of Rosario Castellanos and Angeles Mastretta / Lee-Anne Laffey 75

Cooking with Words: The Kitchen as a Subversive Space / Viviana Rangil 97

Innovative Recipes for the Ultimate Jouissance in the Works of Isabel Allende, Laura Esquivel and Tununa Mercado / Maria Claudia Andre 119.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0773473440

OCLC:

46937522