Christie, Maria Elisa. <br/><br/>
Kitchenspace :    women, fiestas, and everyday life in central Mexic o /  
Maria Elisa Christie ; foreword by Mary Weismantel. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Austin :    University of Texas Press,    2008. 
 - xxiv, 308 p. :    ill., map ;    24 cm. 
 - Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino ar t and culture .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-294) and index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword: At the kitchen table / Mary Weismantel -- Preface -- Ackno wledgments -- A taste of three places -- Introduction -- Points of depa rture -- Women of the circle -- Xochimilco: "Short on days to celebrate our fiestas" -- Ocotepec: "Not letting the city eat this town up" -- T etecala: "Here mangos used to be like gold" -- Kitchenspace narratives -- Women of Tetecala: "You have to be ingenious in the kitchen!" -- Wom en of Xochimilco: "It is better for the pots to awaken upside down" -- Women of Ocotepec: "We used to have a lot of pigs" -- Food for thought -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780292717947 (alk. paper) 0292717946 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Fasts and feasts -- Mexico.<br/> Kitchens -- Mexico.<br/> Social networks<br/> Women -- Social conditions.-- Mexico 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/> Mexico -- Social life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>394.120972