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A Recipe for Discourse
Perspectives on Like Water for Chocolate
Series: - Dialogue, Volume: 11
- Dialogue Online, Volume: 11
Volume Editor:
Slender and yet panoramic in scope, historical and yet relevant to current-day concerns, Laura Esquivelâs Like Water for Chocolate has provoked from the outset a divergent range of critical opinions. The essays in A Recipe for Discourse: Perspectives on Like Water for Chocolate represent the novelâs problematic nature in their many diverse approaches, perspectives that are certain to awaken in the reader new ways of approaching the text while challenging old ones. This volumeâs âdialogueâ format, in which essays are grouped thematically, is particularly effective in presenting such a diverse range of viewpoints. The reader will find herein lively discussion on LWFC as it relates to such themes as gastronomy, superstition, mythology, folklore, the Mexican Revolution, magical realism, female identity, alteration, and matriarchy/ patriarchy. It is the editorâs hope that a diverse readership, from undergraduate students to seasoned scholars, will find this volume engaging and enlightening.
âThe multitude of scholarly positions is thought-provoking. [â¦] In sum, Skipperâs A Recipe for Discourse: Perspectives on Like Water for Chocolate succeeds in illuminating how Esquivelâs novel and movie provoke discourse and dialogue from across disciplines.â - Jason Meyler, Marquette University, USA, in: Hispania, Vol. 95.2, June 2012, pp. 359-361
Acknowledgements
General Editorâs Preface
Preface
LWFC and Gender Issues
Tina Escaja: Women, Alterity and Mexican Identity in Como Agua para Chocolate
Jorge J. Barrueto: Like Water for Chocolate: Cinematic Patriarchy and Tradition
Jerry Hoeg: Like Water for Chocolate and Human Nature
LWFC, Magical Realism and the Critical Response to its Use
Jay Corwin: Like Water for Chocolate and the Art of Criticism
Mónica Zapata: Under the Sign of Hyperbole: Magical Realism and Melodrama in Laura Esquivelâs Like Water for Chocolate
LWFC and the Cinderella Myth
Cherie Meacham: Como Agua para Chocolate: Cinderella and the Revolution
Victoria Martinez: Myth and Marginalization in Como Agua para Chocolate
Rabelaisian Appetites and Gastronomy in LWfC
Amelia Chaverri: Female Rebellion and Carnival: Like Water for Chocolate
Ellyn Lem: Chile Conquest: Like Water for Chocolateâs âRevolutionaryâ Impact on Perceptions of Mexican Food in the United States
LWFC and the Mexican Revolution
MarÃa Teresa MartÃnez-Ortiz: National Myths of Archetypal Imagery in Laura Esquivelâs Like Water for Chocolate
Eric Skipper: The Mexican Revolution as an active Participant in Esquivelâs Like Water for Chocolate
Abstracts of Arguments
About the Authors
Index
General Editorâs Preface
Preface
LWFC and Gender Issues
Tina Escaja: Women, Alterity and Mexican Identity in Como Agua para Chocolate
Jorge J. Barrueto: Like Water for Chocolate: Cinematic Patriarchy and Tradition
Jerry Hoeg: Like Water for Chocolate and Human Nature
LWFC, Magical Realism and the Critical Response to its Use
Jay Corwin: Like Water for Chocolate and the Art of Criticism
Mónica Zapata: Under the Sign of Hyperbole: Magical Realism and Melodrama in Laura Esquivelâs Like Water for Chocolate
LWFC and the Cinderella Myth
Cherie Meacham: Como Agua para Chocolate: Cinderella and the Revolution
Victoria Martinez: Myth and Marginalization in Como Agua para Chocolate
Rabelaisian Appetites and Gastronomy in LWfC
Amelia Chaverri: Female Rebellion and Carnival: Like Water for Chocolate
Ellyn Lem: Chile Conquest: Like Water for Chocolateâs âRevolutionaryâ Impact on Perceptions of Mexican Food in the United States
LWFC and the Mexican Revolution
MarÃa Teresa MartÃnez-Ortiz: National Myths of Archetypal Imagery in Laura Esquivelâs Like Water for Chocolate
Eric Skipper: The Mexican Revolution as an active Participant in Esquivelâs Like Water for Chocolate
Abstracts of Arguments
About the Authors
Index