Kitchenspace
Subtitle: women, fiestas, and everyday life in central Mexico
By: Maria Elisa Christie ; foreword by Mary Weismantel.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292717947
Subjects: Fasts and feasts -- Mexico; Kitchens -- Mexico; Social networks -- Mexico; Women -- Mexico -- Social conditions; Mexico -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A taste of three places; title: Introduction; title: Points of departure; title: Women of the circle; title: Xochimilco: "Short on days to celebrate our fiestas"; title: Ocotepec: "Not letting the city eat this town up"; title: Tetecala: "Here mangos used to be like gold"; title: Kitchenspace narratives; title: Women of Tetecala: "You have to be ingenious in the kitchen!"; title: Women of Xochimilco: "It is better for the pots to awaken upside down"; title: Women of Ocotepec: "We used to have a lot of pigs"; title: Food for thought; title: Notes; title: Glossary; title: Bibliography; title: Index.