![]() ![]() The next essay, written by Patrick Duffey, provides a reading of Como agua para chocolate as a subversion of domination and traditional gender roles in cinematic melodrama produced during the 40s and 50s. Equally important, the second essay-Elena Poniatowska’s-focuses on Como agua para chocolate (1989) and highlights how the work is based on family traditions and how these traditions are often intertwined with food. ![]() The first essay in the collection, a forty-five page historiographical presentation of relevant criticism of Esquivel’s works by Elizabeth Willingham, provides a wealth of reference material for scholars. ![]() ![]() The work is truly a pleasure to read from beginning to end it avoids an overly specialized jargon and provides a glossary of terms and abbreviations related, for the most part, to vocabulary present in the works analyzed. The book’s preliminary section describes each of the essays, enabling the reader to focus on those that pertain to his/her interest. Laura Esquivel’s Mexican Fictions brings together insightful, significant essays on Esquivel’s works. ![]()
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