Global Food Cultures of Greater Mexico

3.0 credits · Undergraduate

This course explores the rich, global food cultures of Greater Mexico, that is, a idea of Mexican gastronomy that encompasses the country of Mexico, the Mexican American community in the US, and Mexican migrants around the world, as well as the practice of Mexican food culture by non-Mexicans. The course raises fundamental issues related to the ways in which the practice and representation of gastronomy allow the consideration of topics such as colonialism, globalization, gastrodiplomacy, economic development and sovereignty, while discussing the role of food culture in subjectivity and identity. These questions will be explored through an array of literary, artistic and cinematographic texts, as well as the critical work of scholars across the humanities and the social sciences.