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I found Rosario Castellanos’s “Cooking Lesson” fascinating, since I had never read it previously. The theme of gender imbalance in Mexico runs throughout the story, and this is something I’ve always been interested in myself. In the beginning of the story, Castellanos writes some academic ruminations about hospitals, from which the narrator breaks by askingContinue reading “Cooking, Sacraments, and Cuauhtémoc in Castellanos’s “Cooking Lesson””
This week’s reading offers a very peculiar and almost interpersonal approach to the dynamic of culture as food. Castellanos writes about a woman who is trapped within her kitchen without the skills or resources to succeed in preparing her husband good, quality meals. The strangest thing in this short story is the notion that from […]
As someone who’s favourite novel became ‘Gone Girl’ at too young of an age, I loved this piece. Someone please get Amy Dunne on this. This piece details the dichotomy between the expectations of a ‘wife’ and the humanity of a woman. Rosario confirms that a woman’s place is in the kitchen and that she […]
My expectations of this week were quite different from what it turned out to be. Food is a crucial part of probably any and every culture in the world and thus it has many functions and meanings. However, the ones presented by this weeks readings were somewhat unexpected to me. I found the Zapatista corn […]
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Rosario Castellano’s literary piece Cooking Lesson felt familiar and yet so foreign. It reminded me of the pain and invisibility the women in my family have endured, and the praise that follows for taking it in silence. The narrative follows a housewife candidly thinking to herself about the traditional expectations of women while trying to grill broiled…
Rosario Castellanos cooking lessons piece is written and reads like a poem that many women live through. This piece mirrors many subtle metaphors in relation to the greater theme of gendered expectations, specifically expectations of women. There is also an intersection of fear. Fear of the lack of ability to adapt to traditional gender and as a […]
