Semiotic Sampling of a Cultural “Pulique”: the Culinary Discourse in Hombres de maíz

 

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Autor: Villalobos Villalobos, Carlos Manuel
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2015
Descripción:This article considers the culinary discourse in the novel Hombres de Maíz by Miguel Angel Asturias. The food system is as a semiotic space where is possible to read the history and culture. The rituals of culinary consumption are central in the text, especially in relation with the corn, the sacred plant of the foundation myth. We analyses the elements of communal dishes and the metaphors that relates people with the food. To explain these metaphors it is considered the triadic model of Lévi-Strauss, who considers the raw, the cooked and the rotten, as culinary steps associated with different stages of culture. In this case, we conclude that there is no dichotomy between civilization and barbarism, but a process of cultural hybridization, very evident in the mix of ingredients and dishes served in this literary semiotic process.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/19575
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling/article/view/19575
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:novela guatemalteca
comida guatemalteca
discurso culinario
Hombres de maíz
Asturias-Miguel Ángel
Guatemalan novel
Guatemalan food
culinary discourse