{"product_id":"taste-politics-and-identities-in-mexican-food-9781350183834","title":"Taste Politics and Identities in Mexican Food","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the history, archaeology, and anthropology of Mexican taste. Contributors analyze how the contemporary identity of Mexican food has been created and formed through concepts of taste, and how this national identity is adapted and moulded through change and migration.wing on case studies with a focus on Mexico, but also including Israel and the United States, the contributors examine how local and national identities, the global market of gastronomic tourism, and historic transformations in trade, production, the kitchen space and appliances shape the taste of Mexican food and drink.   Chapters include an exploration of the popularity of Mexican beer in the United States by Jeffrey M. Pilcher, an examination of the experience of eating chapulines in Oaxaca by Paulette Schuster and Jeffrey H. Cohen, an investigation into transformations of contemporary Yucatecan gastronomy by Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz, and an afterword from Richard Wilk. Together, the contributors demonst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis ambitious volume brings together an international group of scholars to explore cultural and historical factors that have shaped both the taste of Mexican foods, as well as Mexicans' tastes. * Heather Paxson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA *\u003cbr\u003eThis is an original work that makes a significant contribution to the discussion on taste and its cultural and political construction. * Rachel Black, Connecticut College, USA *\u003cbr\u003eA welcome addition to an engaging and timely topic. Its interdisciplinary approach has the potential to extend and build upon existing scholarship in thoughtful and critical ways. * Emma-Jayne, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Introduction: The Politics of Taste and Identity                                                                       Matters of Taste. The Politics of Food and Identity in Mexican Cuisines \u003ci\u003e            Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSection I. Tasting the Past in Mexican Foods\u003c\/b\u003e  1. A Touch of Pre-Colombian Maya Flavor             \u003ci\u003eLilia Fernández-Souza\u003c\/i\u003e  2. Gastronomy and the Origins of Republicanism in Mexico             \u003ci\u003eSarah Bak-Geller Corona\u003c\/i\u003e  3. Alcohol Consumption Patterns among Different Social Groups  during Yucatan’s Gilded Age             \u003ci\u003eHéctor Hernández Álvarez and Guadalupe Cámara Gutiérrez\u003c\/i\u003e  4. The Flavors of Corn: A Unique Combination of Tradition and  Nature             \u003ci\u003eMario Fernández-Zarza and Ignacio López Moreno\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSection II. The Identity and Politics of Mexican Foods – \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e            And the Politics of Identity\u003c\/b\u003e  5. A Taste for Agave: The Emerging Practices and Politics of Mezcal Connoisseurship             \u003ci\u003eRonda Brulotte\u003c\/i\u003e  6. Making and Changing Yucatecan Taste in Yucatán: Innovation and Persistence in Yucatecan Gastronomy             \u003ci\u003eSteffan Igor Ayora-Diaz\u003c\/i\u003e  7. The Life Delicious: Taste and Politics in Merida, Yucatan             \u003ci\u003eGabriela Vargas-Cetina\u003c\/i\u003e  8. To Eat \u003ci\u003eChapulines\u003c\/i\u003e in Oaxaca, Mexico: One Food, Many Flavors             \u003ci\u003eJeffrey H. Cohen and Paulette Schuster\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSection III. Taste and Displacement. Mexican Food in the World of \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e            Consumption\u003c\/b\u003e  9. The Taste of Oaxaca: It’s to Die for!             \u003ci\u003eRamona L. Pérez\u003c\/i\u003e  10. Dos Equis and Five Rabitt: Beer and Taste in Greater Mexico             \u003ci\u003eJeffrey M. Pilcher\u003c\/i\u003e  11. Diffused Palates: The Evolution of Culinary Tastes of Jewish  Mexicans Living in Israel             \u003ci\u003ePaulette Schuster\u003c\/i\u003e  12. Defining Sanitized Taste and Culinary Tourism in Cozumel,  Mexico             \u003ci\u003eChristine Vassallo-Oby\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePostface\u003c\/b\u003e  Is there Mexican food? Taste and the Politics of Cultural Identity \u003ci\u003e            Richard Wilk\u003c\/i\u003e                 Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019633819991,"sku":"9781350183834","price":31.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350183834.jpg?v=1750780852","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/taste-politics-and-identities-in-mexican-food-9781350183834","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}