INTRODUCTION. Consuming Desires in Mesoamerica

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface xv
5. INTRODUCTION. Consuming Desires in Mesoamerica 1
6. Part I. OLD FLAMES, NEW LOVES
7. CHAPTER 1. Sandcastles of the Mind: Hallucinogens and Cultural Memory 27
8. CHAPTER 2. Alcohol and Commodity Succession in Colonial Maya Guatemala: From Mead to Aguardiente 55
9. CHAPTER 3. Translating Tastes: A Cartography of Chocolate Colonialism 72
10. Part II. SUBSTANTIAL MATTERS
11. CHAPTER 4. Real Tobacco for Real People: Nicotine and Lacandon Maya Trade 103
12. CHAPTER 5. Health Food and Diabolic Vice: Pulque Discourse in New Spain 128
13. CHAPTER 6. “Confi tes, Melcochas y Otras Golosinas . . . Muy Dañosas”: Sugar, Alcohol, and Biopolitics in Colonial Guatemala 147
14. AFTERWORD 176
15. Bibliography 183
16. Index 205