As Food Studies has grown into a well-established field, literary scholars have not fully addressed the prevalent themes of food, eating, and consumption in Chicana/o literature. Here, contributors propose food consciousness as a paradigm to examine the literary discourses of Chicana/o authors as they shift from the nation to the postnation.
Author Biography:
Meredith E. Abarca, University of Texas, El Paso, USA
Paul Allatson, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Laura P. Alonso Gallo, Barry University, Miami, USA
Suzanne Bost, Loyola University, Chicago, USA
Norma E. Cantú, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA
Norma L. Cárdenas, Oregon State University, USA
Elizabeth Lee Steere, University of West Georgia, USA
Mimi Reisel Gladstein, University of Texas, El Paso, USA
Nieves Pascual, University of Jaén, Spain
Heather Salter, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, USA
Edith Vásquez, Pitzer College, USA
Irene Vásquez, University of New Mexico, USA