{"product_id":"taco","title":"Taco","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIgnacio M. Sánchez Prado\u003c\/b\u003e is the Jarvis Thurston and Mona van Duyn Professor in Humanities at Washington University in Saint Louis, USA. He is the author of \n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseven books, including \n\u003ci\u003eNaciones intelectuales: Las fundaciones de la modernidad literaria mexicana 1917-1959 \u003c\/i\u003e(2009, winner of the LASA Mexico 2010 Humanities Book Award) and the editor or co-editor of fifteen books. His public writing has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, Los Angeles Review of Books, Words Without Borders \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications. He serves as editor of two book series: Latin American Cinema at SUNY Press and Critical Mexican Studies at Vanderbilt University Press. He served as the Kluge Chair for the Cultures of the South at the Library of Congress in 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1. Taco Tour\u003cbr\u003e2. Taco de Nada\u003cbr\u003e3. Pillows of Wheat and Lard\u003cbr\u003e4. We Have Never Been Authentic\u003cbr\u003e5. They Have Always Been Authentic\u003cbr\u003e6. Tacos Without Mexicans\u003cbr\u003e7. Elevated and Gentrified\u003cbr\u003e8. Every Taco Everywhere All at Once \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFurther Reading\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Starting with a tour of Mexico City taco shops, this book takes us so much farther, to Los Angeles and Monterrey, of course, but also to Berlin and Seoul. Ignacio Sánchez Prado serves up tradition and modernity, memory and authenticity, politics and identity, all wrapped in a fresh tortilla with plenty of salsa.\" --\u003ci\u003eJeffrey M. Pilcher, author of Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book is both a fantastic crónica across a diverse global tacoscape, and an introduction to the vast knowledge of a master tacólogo. Sánchez Prado has written a book to be reflected on and savored, preferably with a taco, either basic or elevated.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eSantiago Vaquera-Vásquez, author of Nocturno de Frontera\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In his taco tour de force, Ignacio Sánchez Prado pays homage to a beloved childhood food and a Mexican culinary icon. He moves beyond well-worn debates about authenticity and tradition to demonstrate how the taco was a central feature of a uniquely Mexican modernity.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eRonda L. Brulotte, author of Mezcal in Oaxaca: A Craft Spirit for the Global Marketplace\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTaco\u003c\/i\u003e is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City native. In a narrative that moves from Mexico to the United States and back, Sánchez Prado discusses the definition of the taco, the question of the tortilla and the taco shell, and the existence of the taco as a modern social touchstone that has been shaped by history and geography. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChallenging the idea of centrality and authenticity, Sánchez Prado shows instead that the taco is a contemporary, transcultural food that has always been subject to transformation. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003ePrado, Ignacio M Sánchez\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIgnacio M. Sánchez Prado\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at Washington University in Saint Louis, USA. He is the author of \n\u003ci\u003e El canon y sus formas: La reinvención de Harold Bloom y sus lecturas hispanoamericanas \u003c\/i\u003e(2002), \n\u003ci\u003eNaciones intelectuales: Las fundaciones de la modernidad literaria mexicana 1917-1959 \u003c\/i\u003e(2009, winner of the LASA Mexico 2010 Humanities Book Award) \n\u003ci\u003eIntermitencias americanistas: Ensayos académico y literarios 2004-2009 (\u003c\/i\u003e2012), \n\u003ci\u003eScreening Neoliiberalism. Transforming Mexican Cinema 1988-2012 \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), and \n\u003ci\u003eStrategic Occidentalism: On Mexican Fiction, The Neoliberal Book Market and the Question of World Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). He has edited and co-edited nine books, the most recent of which are \n\u003ci\u003e Democracia, Otredad y Melancolía. Roger Bartra ante la crítica \u003c\/i\u003e(with Mabel Moraña, 2015) and \n\u003ci\u003eA History of Mexican Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (with Anna Nogar and José Ramón Ruisánchez, 2016).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eBogost, Ian\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIan Bogost\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and an award-winning game designer. He is Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts \u0026amp; Sciences, Director of Film \u0026amp; Media Studies, and Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Bogost is also Founding Partner at Persuasive Games LLC, an independent game studio, and a Contributing Editor at The Atlantic. 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