Black cookstove meditations on literature, culture, and cuisine in Colombia / Germán Patiño Ossa ; translated by Jonathan Tittler.

Author/creator Patiño Ossa, Germán
Other author Tittler, Jonathan, 1945-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
Descriptionxxviii, 82 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Isaacs, Jorge, 1837-1895. María.
Food habits--Colombia. --Cauca River Valley.
Cooking--Social aspects. --Colombia. --Cauca River Valley.
Cooking in literature.
Cauca River Valley (Colombia)--History.
Cauca River Valley (Colombia)--Social conditions.
Cauca River Valley (Colombia)--Race relations. --History.

Uniform titleFogón de negros. English
Contents Preamble : tale of a voyage -- Introduction -- Then cames pigs and cattle -- Things from hither and yon -- María -- Cooking and division of labor -- Sweets and sexuality -- Cooking, geography, and region -- Food, hunting, and society -- Traditional cooking and hunger -- Epilogue : cooking and culture.
Abstract "Examines the hybrid cuisine of the Cauca Valley in Colombia, exploring cooking in literature and practice as a symbolic representation of social relations and a system of social communication, with particular attention to the role of Afro-descendant women"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteTranslation of Fogón de negros: cocina y cultura en una región latinoamericana.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2020035731
ISBN9780271086989 (paperback)