Abstract
This article addresses four different ways in which food speaks to us: a surrealist approach in Buñuel’s cinema, table manners as discussed by Larra, the shortage of food and hunger that was an obsessive and persistent reality during the Spanish civil war and post-war period of the 20th century, or the recent sophistication and cosmopolitanism of Spanish cuisine due to the transformation of the country by the presence of immigrants. This study focuses on highlighting the passage from a culture of survival during the civil war and the Franco regime to one of greater abundance and sophistication with the arrival of democracy. The current recognition of Spain as one of the gastronomic destinations in the world modifies part of a historical and cultural past, which includes the ethnic transformation experienced by Spanish society. From the perspective of food studies, one can examine the relationships of the individual with food, and analyse how this association produces a large amount of information about a society.
Highlights
This article addresses four different ways in which food speaks to us: a surrealist approach in Buñuel’s cinema, table manners as discussed by Larra, the shortage of food and hunger that was an obsessive and persistent reality during the Spanish civil war and post-war period of the 20th century, or the recent sophistication and cosmopolitanism of Spanish cuisine due to the transformation of the country by the presence of immigrants
This study focuses on highlighting the passage from a culture of survival during the civil war and the Franco regime to one of greater abundance and sophistication with the arrival of democracy
Luis Buñuel de la literatura al cine: una poética del objeto
Summary
El conocido refrán «a buen hambre no hay pan duro» me es útil para plantear una lectura de las diversas estrategias en torno a la comida en el ámbito hispánico desde la perspectiva de una problemática de la periferialización de los estudios hispánicos peninsulares, valorando lo periférico como posicionamiento geográfico, cultural e ideológico. Desde la perspectiva de los food studies se pueden examinar las relaciones del individuo con la comida, y analizar cómo esta asociación produce una gran cantidad de información sobre personas y sociedades enteras. Fue Hauck-Lawson (1998) quien introdujo el concepto de food voice y sugirió que lo que uno come o decide no comer comunica aspectos de la identidad o la sensibilidad de una persona de una manera que las palabras por sí solas no pueden. Debemos a Kittler, Sucher, and Nahikian-Nelms (2012) el término de food habits (también conocido como cultura de la comida y modos de alimentación) para describir de una manera holística cómo los seres humanos utilizan los alimentos, desde la forma en que se eligen, cómo se compran y se distribuyen hasta cómo se preparan, se sirven, y se comen. Los alimentos de nuestra cultura, de nuestra familia, a menudo se convierten en los alimentos de refugio que buscamos como adultos en momentos de frustración y estrés
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