Palabras clave
estudios alimentarios
gastronomía
siglo XX
Segunda Guerra Mundial
Pandemia de COVID-19
literatura estadounidense
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Las autobiografías gastronómicas de M. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992) han sido reconocidas como obras con estatus literario. Su libro How to Cook a Wolf de 1942, una colección de ensayos sobre el racionamiento en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, volvió a ser popular durante el confinamiento de 2020, pues ofrecía una reflexión vigente sobre la cocina doméstica como un refugio en periodos de incertidumbre. Este artículo presenta un panorama del género escritura gastronómica, y examina la relevancia del libro de Fisher con base en los conceptos de salutismo y sujeto hipervigilante, los cuales influyen en los discursos contemporáneos sobre cuerpo y alimentación. Este análisis sostiene que How to Cook a Wolf invita a los lectores a reconciliarse con su apetito y con su corporalidad, y a ahuyentar los nuevos peligros con el sosiego y el deleite de comer en medio de periodos de crisis.
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