Can I read Voices in the Kitchen: Views of Food and the World from Working-Class Mexican and Mexican American Women (Volume 9) (Rio Grande/Río Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Traditions) on EtoBox?

Voices in the Kitchen: Views of Food and the World from Working-Class Mexican and Mexican American Women (Volume 9) (Rio Grande/Río Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Traditions) by Meredith E. Abarca is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Voices in the Kitchen: Views of Food and the World from Working-Class Mexican and Mexican American Women (Volume 9) (Rio Grande/Río Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Traditions) about?

Literally, __chilaquiles__ are a breakfast I grew up eating: fried corn tortillas with tomato-chile sauce. Symbolically, they are the culinary metaphor for how working-class women speak with the seasoning of their food.”from the IntroductionThrough the ages and across cultures, women have carved out a domain in which their cooking allowed them to express themselves, strengthen family relationships, and create a world of shared meanings with other women. In __Voices in the Kitchen,__ Meredith E. Abarca features the voices of her mother and several other family members and friends, seated at their kitchen tables, to share the grassroots world view of these working-class Mexican and Mexican American women. In the kitchen, Abarca demonstrates, women assert their own __sazón__ (seasoning), not only in their cooking but also in their lives. Through a series of oral histories, or __charlas culinarias__ (culinary chats), the women interviewed address issues of space, sensual knowledge, artistic and narrative expression, and cultural and social change. From her mother’s breakfast __chilaquiles__ to the most elaborate traditional dinner, these women share their lives as they share their sa

Who reads Voices in the Kitchen: Views of Food and the World from Working-Class Mexican and Mexican American Women (Volume 9) (Rio Grande/Río Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Traditions)?

Author

Meredith E. Abarca

Publisher

Texas A & M University Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781603445634

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Home & Lifestyle, Cooking, Education

Rating

3.88 / 5 (18 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14