A recipe for discourse : perspectives on Like water for chocolate / edited by Eric Skipper.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skipper, Eric.

Series:

Guft va gu ; 11.

Dialogue ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish American literature--History and criticism.

Spanish American literature.

Esquivel, Laura, 1950- Como agua para chocolate.

Esquivel, Laura.

Esquivel, Laura, 1950---Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Slender and yet panoramic in scope, historical and yet relevant to current-day concerns, Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate has provoked from the outset a divergent range of critical opinions. The essays in A Recipe for Discourse: Perspectives on Like Water for Chocolate represent the novel’s problematic nature in their many diverse approaches, perspectives that are certain to awaken in the reader new ways of approaching the text while challenging old ones. This volume’s ‘dialogue’ format, in which essays are grouped thematically, is particularly effective in presenting such a diverse range of viewpoints. The reader will find herein lively discussion on LWFC as it relates to such themes as gastronomy, superstition, mythology, folklore, the Mexican Revolution, magical realism, female identity, alteration, and matriarchy/ patriarchy. It is the editor’s hope that a diverse readership, from undergraduate students to seasoned scholars, will find this volume engaging and enlightening.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Women, Alterity and Mexican Identity in Como agua para chocolate / Tina Escaja

Like Water for Chocolate: Cinematic Patriarchy and Tradition / Jorge J. Barrueto

Like Water for Chocolate and Human Nature / Jerry Hoeg

Like Water for Chocolate and the Art of Criticism / Jay Corwin

Under the Sign of Hyperbole: Magical Realism and Melodrama in Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate / Mónica Zapata

Como agua para chocolate: Cinderella and the Revolution / Cherie Meacham

Myth and Marginalization in Como agua para chocolate / Victoria Martinez

Female Rebellion and Carnival: Like Water for Chocolate / Amalia Chaverri

Chile Conquest: Like Water for Chocolate’s “Revolutionary” Impact on Perceptions of Mexican Food in the United States / Ellyn Lem

National Myths and Archetypal Imagery in Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate / María Teresa Martínez-Ortiz

The Mexican Revolution as Active Participant in Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate / Eric Skipper

Abstracts of Arguments / Eric Skipper

About the Authors / Eric Skipper

Index / Eric Skipper.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-91689-0

9786612916892

90-420-3192-1

OCLC:

693761643

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789042031920 DOI