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Que Vivan los Tamales!: Food and the Making of Mexican Identity
Que Vivan los Tamales Food and the Making of Mexican Identity Author:Jeffrey M. Pilcher 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 prefere... more »nces from Aztec times to the present and relates cuisine to the formation of national identity.« less