Eating Puerto Rico: A History of Food, Culture, and Identity

(Part of the Latin America in Translation Series)

by Cruz Miguel Ortiz Cuadra

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Available for the first time in English, Cruz Miguel Ortiz Cuadra's magisterial history of the foods and eating habits of Puerto Rico unfolds into an examination of Puerto Rican society from the Spanish conquest to the present. Each chapter is centered on an iconic Puerto Rican foodstuff, from rice and cornmeal to beans, roots, herbs, fish, and meat. Ortiz shows how their production and consumption connects with race, ethnicity, gender, social class,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1469629976

ISBN13:9781469629971

Release Date:October 2013

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:408 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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