CULINARY LITERATURE: INTERPLAY BETWEEN FOOD CULTURE AND EMOTIONS IN LAURA ESQUIVEL’S LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
Abstract
Food is not
only a physiological nutritional need for the individual who was born with
basic needs such as eating and sleeping, but it is also an emotional and
cultural necessity. Cooking, presenting and consuming the food through diffrent
practices/rituals enable every society to establish and develop its own food
culture. Hence, food, which is indispensible for the continuation of life, also
impacts the lifesyles of societies culturally. Food culture, acting as a mirror
for the development of social environment within the community, is inherited
from generations systematically through oral and written communication.
Emotions are one the most important motivations in transferring information,
orally or in written forms, such as various recipes and information related to
food culture like culinary culture and table manners. For this reason, it is
natural that the relation between food culture and emotions becomes ordinary.
Likewise the strong influence of a delicious dish to human nature and
behaviours, a similar impact can be seen in the reflection of individual’s
innerself to food when cooking or presenting it. The purpose of this study is
to examine the interplay between food culture and emotions in Like Water For Chocolate, the book of
Laura Esquivel, who is a prominent figure in contemporary Latin American
literature, born in Mexico, and present this interplay with examples and
reflection and reactions in individual’s innerself from the book.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
June 22, 2017
Submission Date
March 27, 2017
Acceptance Date
June 5, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Number: 37
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