Abstract:
This article proposes an analysis of Like water for chocolate, novel by Laura Esquivel, through an affective perspective, with the objective of demonstrating how the Mexican author make use of the gastronomic resources in her narrative to recode and resignify the expression of feelings by her characters, such as love, hate, austerity and resentment. Approaching Esquivel's novel through the affective scope allows us to recognize food and its consumption not only as a biological process, but also as a possibility to perceive, feel and read the world and the interpersonal relations through an emotional resonance enabled by the culinary presence. It is equally relevant to identify the subversive aspect given to the diegesis by the gastronomic element, once it is through the handling of food that the protagonist, Tita De la Garza, forges her subjectivities and finds her own voice in an oppressive space.
Keywords:
Laura Esquivel; Like water for chocolate; Food; Affect