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The University of Arkansas Press announces the forthcoming publication of Food Studies in Latin American Literature: Perspectives on the Gastronarrative, edited by Rocío del Aguila and Vanesa Miseres.

Food Studies in Latin American Literature presents a timely collection of essays analyzing a wide array of Latin American narratives through the lens of food studies.

Topics explored include potato and maize in colonial and contemporary global narratives, the role of cooking in Sor Juana’s poetics, the centrality of desire in twentieth-century cooking writing by women, the relationship between food, recipes, and national identity, the role of food in travel narratives, and the impact of advertisements in domestic roles.

The contributors included here — experts in Latin American History, Literature, and Cultural Studies -– bring a novel, interdisciplinary approach to these explorations, presenting new perspectives on Latin American literature and culture.

Rocío del Aguila is associate professor of Spanish at Wichita State University. Vanesa Miseres is associate professor of Spanish at the University of Notre Dame.

Food Studies in Latin American Literature: Perspectives on the Gastronarrative is part of the Food and Foodways Series from the University of Arkansas Press. Food and Foodways is a series from the University of Arkansas Press that explores historical and contemporary topics in global food studies. We are committed to representing a diverse set of voices that tell lesser known food stories and to provoking new avenues of interdisciplinary research.

Food Studies in Latin American Literature will be published in December. The paperback will be $24.95.