Kitchenspace: Women, Fiestas, and Everyday Life in Central Mexico

by Maria Elisa Christie

Book Overview

Throughout the world, the kitchen is the heart of family and community life. Yet, while everyone has a story to tell about their grandmother's kitchen, the myriad activities that go on in this usually female world are often devalued, and little scholarly attention has been paid to this crucial space in which family, gender, and community relations are forged and maintained. To give the kitchen the prominence and respect it merits, Maria Elisa Christie...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292739362
• ISBN13: 9780292739369
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"