Predictable pleasures : food and the pursuit of balance in rural Yucatán / Lauren A. Wynne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wynne, Lauren A., author.

Series:

At table series

At table

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Yucatán Peninsula.

Food habits.

Food habits--Mexico--Yucatán (State).

Food preferences--Yucatán Peninsula.

Food preferences.

Food preferences--Mexico--Yucatán (State).

Mayas--Food.

Mayas.

Indians of Mexico--Food.

Indians of Mexico.

Yucatán Peninsula--Social life and customs.

Yucatán Peninsula.

Yucatán (Mexico : State)--Social life and customs.

Yucatán (Mexico : State).

Manners and customs.

Central America--Yucatán Peninsula.

Mexico--Yucatán (State).

Physical Description:

xiv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Wynne examines the centrality of food in rural Yucatán and how residents practice care, as exercised through food, to negotiate anxieties, achieve desired bodily and social status, and maintain valued cultural forms"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The force with which we live

Giving life to ourselves

If it tastes good

So that we won't die

Put a little salt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496201317

1496201310

OCLC:

1110656303