Nature,Resonance and Femininity in the Kitchen Space——A study of Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate represents a seminal work in kitchen literature.This book introduces a representational kitchen space:not just a physical location but also an abstract domain that embodies the kitchen's spirit.This space contains the fundamental elements of everything and embodies the social relationships as well as the cultural background.The kitchen in the book,a lively and open living space,embraces and creates all things,serving as a portal to the outside world,the cosmos,and even to the most sacred E-den.Food becomes a vital medium within this space,forging connections among people and between humanity and nature.Tita,the protagonist,navigates this space,using food discourse to carve out a personal domain for existence and value.The kitchen emerges as a cradle of life,a place where birth,growth,and love intertwine.Here,individuals maintain their lives through food and resonate with the spirits of food and the departed,suggesting the potential emergence of a"new human",who returns to nature and human essence.
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