{"product_id":"taste-politics-and-identities-in-steffan-igor-ayora-diaz-9781350183834","title":"Taste, Politics, and Identities in Mexican Food","description":"This 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters 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 demonstrate how taste itself is shaped through a history of social and cultural practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350183830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350183834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d","brand":"Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126657872127,"sku":"9781350183834","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_401ecb49-8f2f-4163-8b9f-d7ea1870d165.jpg?v=1687449415","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/taste-politics-and-identities-in-steffan-igor-ayora-diaz-9781350183834","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}