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Kitchenspace

Women, Fiestas, and Everyday Life in Central Mexico

By: Maria Elisa Christie

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Kitchenspace

Women, Fiestas, and Everyday Life in Central Mexico

By: Maria Elisa Christie

Throughout the world, the kitchen is the heart of family and community life. Yet, while everyone has a story to tell about their grandmother's kitchen, the myriad activities that go on in this usually female world are often devalued, and little scholarly attention has been paid to this crucial space in which family, gender, and community relations are forged and maintained. To give the kitchen the prominence and respect it merits, Maria Elisa Christie here offers a pioneering ethnography of kitchenspace in three central Mexican communities, Xochimilco, Ocotepec, and Tetecala. Christie coined the term "kitchenspace" to encompass both the inside kitchen area in which everyday meals for the family are made and the larger outside cooking area in which elaborate meals for community fiestas are prepared by many women working together. She explores how both kinds of meal preparation create bonds among family and community members. In particular, she shows how women's work in preparing food for fiestas gives women status in their communities and creates social networks of reciprocal obligation. In a culture rigidly stratified by gender, Christie concludes, kitchenspace gives women a source of power and a place in which to transmit the traditions and beliefs of older generations through quasi-sacramental food rites.

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University of Texas Press

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Kitchenspace

Women, Fiestas, and Everyday Life in Central Mexico

By: Maria Elisa Christie

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Women, Fiestas, and Everyday Life in Central Mexico

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The Ghost and Mrs. Wenthaven

By: Maria Greene

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The Ghost and Mrs. Wenthaven

By: Maria Greene

When Cassie Wenthaven's husband dies, he leaves her a mountain of debts. Dylan Wenthaven, her husband's twin, comes to claim his brother's estate. A gambler and rake, Dylan's arrival spells misfortune for Cassie. Cassie suggests Dylan hire her as housekeeper, yet her presence encourages Dylan to get to the bottom of the strange haunting of the estate and love Cassie as she deserves to be loved.

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Zebra Books

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0821772376

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Agatha Christie

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

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Agatha Christie

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Agatha Christie, the most famous crime writer of all time. When Agatha was young, she read books every night, but always had her own idea for how they should end! As an adult, her crime novels, with their twists and turns and peculiar detectives, challenged the minds of millions of readers, making her the queen of mystery and the best-selling novelist of all time. This stirring book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the author's life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover and paperback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!

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Frances Lincoln Children's Books

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