A Tortilla Is Like Life: Food and Culture in the San Luis Valley of Colorado (Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture)

Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 16
CHAPTER ONE. "I Did Do Something": Food-Centered Life Histories in Antonito, Colorado......Page 20
CHAPTER TWO. "The Stereotypes Have to Be Broken": Identity and Ethnicity in Antonito......Page 39
CHAPTER THREE. "Part of This World": Meanings of Land and Water......Page 61
CHAPTER FOUR. "Anything You Want Is Going to Come from the Earth": The Traditional Diet......Page 88
CHAPTER FIVE. "We've Got to Provide for the Family": Women, Food, and Work......Page 108
CHAPTER SIX. "It's a Feeling Thing": Cooking and Women's Agency......Page 131
CHAPTER SEVEN. "Meals Are Important, Maybe It's Love": Mexicano Meals and Family......Page 154
CHAPTER EIGHT. "It Was a Give-and-Take": Sharing and Generosity versus Greed and Envy......Page 169
CHAPTER NINE. "Come Out of Your Grief": Death and Commensality......Page 185
CHAPTER TEN. "Give Because It Multiplies": Hunger and Response in Antonito......Page 198
CHAPTER ELEVEN. Conclusion: "Our People Will Survive"......Page 209
APPENDIX ONE. Topics in Food-Centered Life Histories......Page 218
APPENDIX TWO. Categories of Analysis......Page 220
APPENDIX THREE. Population of Antonito, Conejos County, and Colorado, 1880-2000......Page 222
APPENDIX FOUR. Wild Plants Used for Food or Healing in the Antonito Area......Page 224
Notes......Page 228
Glossary of Spanish Terms......Page 244
Bibliography......Page 248
Index......Page 264