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Que Vivan Los Tamales!|Jeffrey M. Pilcher

Que Vivan Los Tamales! : Food and the Making of Mexican Identity

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Connections between what people eat and who they are--between cuisine and identity--reach deep into Mexican history, beginning with pre-Columbian inhabitants offering sacrifices of human flesh to maize gods in hope of securing plentiful crops. 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 cuisine to the formation of national identity. Photos.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780826318732
  • ISBN-10: 0826318738
  • Publisher: Unm Press
  • Publish Date: April 1998
  • Dimensions: 8.98 x 6.1 x 0.66 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.81 pounds
  • Page Count: 253

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