Foods and affections in Laura Esquivel’s kitchen

Authors

  • Jenison Alisson dos Santos Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Ana Cristina Marinho Lúcio Universidade Federal da Paraíba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7726.2017.4.27168

Keywords:

Laura Esquivel, Like water for chocolate, Food, Affect

Abstract

This article proposes an analysis of Like water for chocolate, novel by Laura Esquivel, through an affective perspective, with the objective of demonstrating how the Mexican author make use of the gastronomic resources in her narrative to recode and resignify the expression of feelings by her characters, such as love, hate, austerity and resentment. Approaching Esquivel’s novel through the affective scope allows us to recognize food and its consumption not only as a biological process, but also as a possibility to perceive, feel and read the world and the interpersonal relations through an emotional resonance enabled by the culinary presence. It is equally relevant to identify the subversive aspect given to the diegesis by the gastronomic element, once it is through the handling of food that the protagonist, Tita De la Garza, forges her subjectivities and finds her own voice in an oppressive space.

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Author Biographies

Jenison Alisson dos Santos, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Garaduado em Letras (Inglês) pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Mestrando no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Atua nas áreas de Estudos Culturais e de Gênero, de Literatura Contemporânea e dos estudos Audiovisuais.

Ana Cristina Marinho Lúcio, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Professora Adjunta da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, atuando na Graduação e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras. Atua nas áreas de literatura brasileira, literaturas africanas de língua portuguesa, literatura infanto-juvenil e cultura popular.

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Published

2018-02-16

How to Cite

dos Santos, J. A., & Lúcio, A. C. M. (2018). Foods and affections in Laura Esquivel’s kitchen. Letras De Hoje, 52(4), 475–482. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7726.2017.4.27168

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 4 (2017): Literature in Spanish Language: Novels and Short Stories

Section

Literature in Spanish Language: Novels and Short Stories

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