A tortilla is like life : food and culture in the San Luis valley of Colorado / Carole M. Counihan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Counihan, Carole, 1948-

Series:

Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; 21.

Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Colorado--Antonito--History.

Food habits.

Food--Symbolic aspects--Colorado--Antonito.

Food.

Hispanic Americans--Food--Colorado--Antonito.

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Antonito--Ethnic identity.

Hispanic Americans--Land tenure--Colorado--Antonito.

Hispanic American women--Colorado--Antonito--Social conditions.

Hispanic American women.

Antonito (Colo.)--History.

Antonito (Colo.).

Antonito (Colo.)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University of Texas Press 2010

Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2009.

Summary:

Documents how Antonito's Mexicanas establish a sense of place and belonging through their knowledge of land and water and use this knowledge to sustain their families and communities.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER ONE. "I Did Do Something": Food-Centered Life Histories in Antonito, Colorado

CHAPTER TWO. "The Stereotypes Have to Be Broken": Identity and Ethnicity in Antonito

CHAPTER THREE. "Part of This World": Meanings of Land and Water

CHAPTER FOUR. "Anything You Want Is Going to Come from the Earth": The Traditional Diet

CHAPTER FIVE. "We've Got to Provide for the Family": Women, Food, and Work

CHAPTER SIX. "It's a Feeling Thing": Cooking and Women's Agency

CHAPTER SEVEN. "Meals Are Important, Maybe It's Love": Mexicano Meals and Family

CHAPTER EIGHT. "It Was a Give-and-Take": Sharing and Generosity versus Greed and Envy

CHAPTER NINE. "Come Out of Your Grief": Death and Commensality

CHAPTER TEN. "Give Because It Multiplies": Hunger and Response in Antonito

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Conclusion: "Our People Will Survive

APPENDIX ONE. Topics in Food-Centered Life Histories

APPENDIX TWO. Categories of Analysis

APPENDIX THREE. Population of Antonito, Conejos County, and Colorado, 1880-2000

APPENDIX FOUR. Wild Plants Used for Food or Healing in the Antonito Area

Notes

Glossary of Spanish Terms

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780292795181

0292795181

9780292782440

0292782446

OCLC:

500998584