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Moctezuma's table : Rolando Briseño's Mexican and Chicano tablescapes

Author: Rolando Briseño; Norma Elia Cantú
Publisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, ©2010.
Series: Rio Grande/Río Bravo, no. 17.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Named Person: Rolando Briseño; Rolando Briseño; Montezuma, Emperor of Mexico
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Rolando Briseño; Norma Elia Cantú
ISBN: 9781603441834 1603441832
OCLC Number: 432315124
Notes: Briseño's exhibit, La mesa de Moctezuma/Moctezumas's table, was held at the Instituto Cultural Mexicano, San Antonio, and later at the Instituto de Mexico, Montreal, Canada.
Description: 174 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Foreword, "The table of Baroque feelings/senses" / by Wilfrido Ávila García --
Artist's statement / by Rolando Briseño --
pt. 1. Botana/cocktail snack, antojitos/hors d'oeuvres, and an entremés/appetizer --
How we got our buenos fideos / John Phillip Santos --
Moctezuma's table and its many readings: meal as art, art as meal / Graciela Kartofel --
Moctezuma's first dinner / Timothy J. Knab --
pt. 2. Sopas aguadas y secas/soups --
Feeding the soul / Daniel del Valle --
Musings on Moctezuma's table / Isabel Rico --
La mesa de Moctezuma y la memoria/Moctezuma's table and memory / Blanca Garduño Pulido --
pt. 3. Platos fuertes/entrées --
Of moles and maíz: rehistorization of Mexican and Chicano culture / Amalia Mesa-Bains --
The use of Aztec, Maya, and American popular sources in the work of Rolando Briseno / Jacinto Quirarte --
Indigenous heritage, culinary diaspora, and globalization in Rolando Briseño's Moctezuma's table / Rubén C. Córdova --
The globalized table / Kaytie Johnson --
pt. 4. Frijoles/beans, side dishes --
Nopales, amor y corazón: legacies of food through love / Josie Méndez-Negrete --
El pleito / Sandra Cisneros --
pt. 5. Postres/desserts --
Precious vessels: recipes old and new for chocolate and all other earthly and celestial delights / Frances Treviño --
Briseño / Roberto Santibañez --
Epilogue: Rolando Briseño: an artist's life.
Series Title: Rio Grande/Río Bravo, no. 17.
Responsibility: edited by Norma E. Cantú.

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