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. Jeffrey pilcher has been a leading figure in the emerging scholarly field of food history. He came to popular attention with his 2012 book, planet taco. Author pilcher would be the ideal dinner guest at any mexican table. From an early research focus on mexico and latin america, he has expanded his scope to food in world history.
Public health, private enterprise and meat in mexico city and food in world history. The social relations of food by christopher wilkes oxford university, uk. So much so that he has dedicated much of his research to tacos and mexican food on both sides of the border. Protectourcoastline your search result for jeffrey m pilcher. Pilcher is professor of history at the university of toronto, canada. He is also author of cantinflas and the chaos of mexican modernity, the human tradition in mexico, and food in world history. Food and the making of mexican identity 1998, won the thomas f. Pilcher 1998, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. This book serves up a veritable smorgasbord of ideas, history and observations and is highly recommended. Connections between what people eat and who they arebetwee. Connections between what people eat and who they arebetween cuisine and identityreach deep into mexican history, beginning with pre. Food and the making of mexican identity, paperback by pilcher, jeffrey m. University of new mexico press, albuquerque, 1998 there is also a far more established tradition within anthropology upon which the world of literary scholarship has continued to draw.
University of new mexico press, 1998 ocolc608502372. Jeffrey pilcher department of historical and cultural. In planet taco, jeffrey pilcher traces the historical origins and evolution of mexicos national cuisine, explores its incarnation as a mexican american fastfood, shows how surfers became global pioneers of mexican food, and how corona beer conquered the world. Food and the making of mexican identity 1998, as well as food in world history 2006, the sausage rebellion. Pilcher is associate professor of history at the citadel in charleston, south carolina, and he has lectured at the culinary institute of america in st.
Food and the making of mexican identity by jeffrey m. University of new mexico press, 1998 dlc 97046508 ocolc. Social life and customs, food habits, mexican cookery, cookery, mexican, history, mexican cooking. Connections between what people eat and who they arebetween cuisine and identityreach deep into mexican history, beginning with precolumbian inhabitants offering sacrifices of human flesh to maize gods in hope of securing plentiful crops. The social relations of food forum on public policy. This cultural history of food in mexico traces the influence of gender, race, and class on food preferences from aztec times to the present.
Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Food and the making of mexican history, the sausage rebellion. Pilcher paperback, 1998 at the best online prices at. Pilcher is particularly enlightening on what the history of mexican food reveals. Pilcher, a professor of history at the university of minnesota, teaches classes on food and drink in world history. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
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