Social Hierarchy In Latin America

You ate apples in the fall and leafy greens in the spring. In most places people ate small portions of meat, though not at every meal” (Pollan 86). Back then, people had a concrete idea of what it was that they were eating. They knew what was good to eat and what to avoid. And they knew where the food was actually coming from, so that wasn’t ever a mystery, as they were the ones to get the food for themselves.

“1491” Questions 1. Two scholars, Erikson and William Balée believe that almost all aspects of Native American life have been perceived wrong. Although some refuse to believe this, it has been proven to be the truth. Throughout Charles C. Mann’s article from The Atlantic, “1491”, he discusses three main points: how many things that are viewed as facts about the natives are actually not true, the dispute between the high and low counters, and the importance of the role disease played in the history of the Americas. When the term “Native American” is heard, the average person tends to often relate that to a savage hunter who tries to minimize their impact on their surrounding environment.

The document compared the British to animals because the British spent years with different rulers to try to annex the islands. The manner may have been hostile since the British cared little about if the people wanted to learn from them. A quote from the document states, “these people having long steadily devoured all the western barbarians, and like demons of the night, they now suddenly exalt themselves here.” The meaning of the phrase is to emphasize the aftermath of the annexation from Great Britain. The civilization changed to comfort the British’s needs; therefore the natives were “devoured.”

Coming from a strong Hispanic culture food is everything. Most of my family grew up in Ecuador a small country in South America and like any other Hispanic culture you will see how much of it revolves around food. But more importantly I would like to focus on how food impacts the women; it is a strong belief that in order for a women to be able to find a husband first she must learn to cook. Growing up this is what was mostly heard in my home, “You want a boyfriend, but you don’t even know how to cook!” or “You will never find a husband cooking like that”, and although it was mostly said in a teasing manner the words ring with some truth.

‘Pre-Columbian Indigenous Americans’ foodways were a foundational aspect to the modern American diet. Food used by Native American tribes would greatly transform the European diet. The study of Mesoamerican foodways allows us think about why important crops such as maize, potato is still widely used today. Foodways studies, particularly Pre-Columbian foodways, are critical to our historical understanding relating to early agricultural practices, political economies, and how plants and animals were domesticated. Great empires such as the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas inhabited vast lands of Central and South America.

Growing up in a Hispanic community, I was exposed to the limitations of females and was taught to know my place. I recall many times in which I saw firsthand the belittlement of women. Beginning in my own home, my father expects my mother to cook, clean, and organize his belongings. As a Hispanic female, I have been surrounded by this mentality. In Latin American countries the corresponding roles of women are justified by the term machismo.

In the articles it is obvious that the people are affected by their cultural backgrounds. In, “What Americans Can Learn From Other Food Cultures” by Amy S. Choi, She focuses on comfort foods and their backgrounds. I believe that “Our comfort foods map who are, where we come from, and what happened to us along the way”(Choi). Growing up with a half Bolivian father some of my comfort foods consist of: Locro(Bolivian soup), Plantains, and eating Ichachados when we visited my grandmother.

Food from Spain and Latin America After I read chapter 1, “Latino Food Culture” I realized that food from Latin America are different from food from Spain. We can see that the base of Mexican food was laid by the people that domesticated maize. In comparison, the Greeks gave the Spanish cuisine the gift of olives and olive oil. Also, Jews and Carthaginians contributed to the Spanish cuisine rather in Mexico were Aztec and Mayan. The moors brought fruits, nuts, fish which were considered as appetized in Spain, rather in Latin America, beans, chiles, vanilla, chocolate, tomatoes, avocadoes, squash and fruits originated from Mesoamerica were essential to them.

For hundreds of years, the people of Central and South America have been facing oppression. The oppression has been from both internal and external factors, including outside empires and internal authoritarian regimes. One central factor in response to such oppression has been the way in which the people resist. There are a countless number of examples in which the people took it upon themselves to resist the imposing power and restrictions that were put in place.

The issue of poverty has been changed. The French and the English during the 18th century experience poverty different than what people today in the 21st century experience. Back in the 18th century people weren't offered government aid. The government didn't care about the poor. Poverty looks different now.

“One Hundred Indians should dye for every individual Spaniard that should be slain”, “Spaniards breed up such fierce hunting Dogs as would devour an Indian like a Hog”, and “they erected large Gibbets, but low made, so that their feet almost reached the ground, under which they made a Fire to burn them to ashes while hanging on them” are just some of the few atrocities committed by the Spanish on the Native Americans. These accounts are first hand experienced by the Spanish Dominican Priest, Las Casas, who objected to the Spanish treatment towards the natives. Not only did he tell how the Spanish conquistadors treat the peoples of the New World, but also told how his views on the Native American population, what he thought should be done with

All in all, government control

Hispanic and American Food Traditions The type of food that we eat is influenced by the countries and people that were once settled down in the land that we live on. Those from the past generation help influenced the way that we live and the food that we eat. Each region has their very own dishes of food that represent their uniqueness and own touch of their country.

Peruvian gastronomy Questions & answers With diego muñoz P: What makes Peruvian gastronomy unique? DM: Several aspects make Peru’s gastronomy unique. Among the most significant, there is the richness of its history that involves immigration waves and civilization shocks, and the exuberance of its biodiversity, which is directly related to the climate’s diversity and to its geography, benefiting from the Pacific, the Amazon, and from Lake Titicaca. Nowadays, Peruvian gastronomy is considered one of the great cuisines of the world, because it harmonizes tradition and history with modernity and innovation, along with different cultural influences, like the Inca, the Spanish, the African, the Chinese, the Japanese, the English and the Italian.

The program for the Latin American Film Festival is a comparative program of the disappeared both in Chile and Argentina. It is also a comparative between the films made by United States directors and some that are actually from Latin American directors. Both countries, Argentina and Chile have gone through a military coup in the early 1970s. It was a way of of “more modern forms of authoritarianism” compared to other countries such as Paraguay which had more of a traditional authoritarianism (Military Rebellion in Argentina, p.2). When we observe the four different movies, we see the importance of the military in the everyday life, we see the authoritarianism that is affecting the civilians even though some of the movies have been made with