Erin Alice Cowling

Chocolate

How a New World Commodity Conquered Spanish Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

Chocolate traces representations of chocolate in Spanish literature and historical documents, providing a fascinating and worldly narrative about one of the most beloved foods of all time.

Produktdetails

• Toronto Iberic
• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9781487527204
• ISBN-10: 1487527209
• Artikelnr.: 60605463

Autorenporträt

Erin Alice Cowling is an assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of Humanities at MacEwan University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Introduction 
2. Pre-Columbian Conceptions of Chocolate 
3. Encountering Chocolate: What Is It Good For? 
4. Chocolate Covered Commerce: How Chocolate Came into Popularity in the
Old World
5. Chocolate in the Church: Ecclesiastical Debates on Chocolate and
Fasting 
6. Chocolate: A Prescription for Health?
7. Sinfully Delicious: The Darker Side of Chocolate  
8. Conclusion
9. Epilogue: Chocolate Then and Chocolate Now 
Appendix 
Notes 
Works Cited 
Index