Sandra Aguilar-Rodríguez
Biographic Data
| ID | 1220504 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra Aguilar-Rodríguez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Aguilar-Rodríguez |
| SIGNATURE | AGUILAR-RODRÍGUEZ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Las penas con pan son menos’: Race, Modernity and Wheat in Modern Mexico
In post-revolutionary Mexico, wheat became the gateway to modernity, the element that would transform indigenous peoples into mestizos and the working class into middle class. Growing wheat or transforming its flour into bread was believed to be a way to introduce peasants into the money economy. Meanwhile, having bread or cakes represented the adoption of cultural practices associated with the middle and upper class. This article explores the co…
Mole and mestizaje: Race and national identity in twentieth-century Mexico
This paper explores ideas of race, class, and gender in the middle of the twentieth century by looking at mole as a symbol of mestizaje. It analyzes the narratives around mole to reveal the tensions within national identity. In the twentieth century, turkey mole was described as the outcome of indigenous and Spanish culture. Defining which culture played a major role in the creation of mole determined its status and opened a discussion about what…
Nutrition and Modernity
This article explores the rhetoric of milk in Mexico considering medical discourses, publicity campaigns, state programs, and women's experiences. I look at the difference in milk consumption across class and the lack of regulation in milk production and sale in 1940s and 1950s Mexico. I analyze the discourse of doctors and policy makers who worked at the Institute of National Nutrition (INN) and the Secretaría de Salubridad y Asistencia (Ministr…
Cooking Modernity: Nutrition Policies, Class, and Gender in 1940s and 1950s Mexico City
As dawn broke in Mexico City's streets, steamy pots opened to offer the delicious smell of hot tamales and atole . Lupita woke up early that morning to sell tamales in the usual corner of Niño Perdido street in Mexico City's downtown. In that year, 1947, the construction of the Latin American Tower had just started. Lupita observed the builders digging deeply in the foundations while she sipped her atole and served red and green sauce tamales to …
Cooking Modernity: Nutrition Policies, Class, and Gender in 1940s and 1950s Mexico City
As dawn broke in Mexico City's streets, steamy pots opened to offer the delicious smell of hot tamales and atole . Lupita woke up early that morning to sell tamales in the usual corner of Niño Perdido street in Mexico City's downtown. In that year, 1947, the construction of the Latin American Tower had just started. Lupita observed the builders digging deeply in the foundations while she sipped her atole and served red and green sauce tamales to …
Nutrition and Modernity
This article explores the rhetoric of milk in Mexico considering medical discourses, publicity campaigns, state programs, and women's experiences. I look at the difference in milk consumption across class and the lack of regulation in milk production and sale in 1940s and 1950s Mexico. I analyze the discourse of doctors and policy makers who worked at the Institute of National Nutrition (INN) and the Secretaría de Salubridad y Asistencia (Ministr…
Mole and mestizaje: Race and national identity in twentieth-century Mexico
This paper explores ideas of race, class, and gender in the middle of the twentieth century by looking at mole as a symbol of mestizaje. It analyzes the narratives around mole to reveal the tensions within national identity. In the twentieth century, turkey mole was described as the outcome of indigenous and Spanish culture. Defining which culture played a major role in the creation of mole determined its status and opened a discussion about what…
Cooking Modernity: Nutrition Policies, Class, and Gender in 1940s and 1950s Mexico City
As dawn broke in Mexico City's streets, steamy pots opened to offer the delicious smell of hot tamales and atole . Lupita woke up early that morning to sell tamales in the usual corner of Niño Perdido street in Mexico City's downtown. In that year, 1947, the construction of the Latin American Tower had just started. Lupita observed the builders digging deeply in the foundations while she sipped her atole and served red and green sauce tamales to …
Nutrition and Modernity
This article explores the rhetoric of milk in Mexico considering medical discourses, publicity campaigns, state programs, and women's experiences. I look at the difference in milk consumption across class and the lack of regulation in milk production and sale in 1940s and 1950s Mexico. I analyze the discourse of doctors and policy makers who worked at the Institute of National Nutrition (INN) and the Secretaría de Salubridad y Asistencia (Ministr…
Mole and mestizaje: Race and national identity in twentieth-century Mexico
This paper explores ideas of race, class, and gender in the middle of the twentieth century by looking at mole as a symbol of mestizaje. It analyzes the narratives around mole to reveal the tensions within national identity. In the twentieth century, turkey mole was described as the outcome of indigenous and Spanish culture. Defining which culture played a major role in the creation of mole determined its status and opened a discussion about what…
Las penas con pan son menos’: Race, Modernity and Wheat in Modern Mexico
In post-revolutionary Mexico, wheat became the gateway to modernity, the element that would transform indigenous peoples into mestizos and the working class into middle class. Growing wheat or transforming its flour into bread was believed to be a way to introduce peasants into the money economy. Meanwhile, having bread or cakes represented the adoption of cultural practices associated with the middle and upper class. This article explores the co…
Culinary Culture and Tourism (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works)