At this point it is impossible for me to remember my own journey through Peruvian cuisine. You have a better gastronomic memory! I think you will agree with me that our relationship with food has changed (especially after dramatic episodes, such as illnesses). Will any of that remain in our habitus when we return to Vancouver?
Hello Emily:) I love your blog post! Thank you for sharing all of your thoughts! I have always been a huge fan of ceviche, so the fact that I've not tried it here yet is surprising to me. What's your favorite food?! Definite goal for the coming days.
On another note, I had a different interpretation of the textile reading than you. My thoughts were that women had very few options (pretty much just sewing and making babies for their whole lives) while men had more divers career choices (they learn to sew, farm, hold political positions, are trained in the military, etc.). My thought was that the being a woman in this time would offer a very limited opportunities.
Hi Andree! You bring up a good point. From the reading, it did seem like the majority of the responsibility of weaving clothes was placed onto the women, but my view was that weaving and textiles was not exclusively assigned to women as both women and men learned and knew how to weave. Whereas, in many western cultures, the division of labour is much more strict and would be exclusively assigned to the women. Furthermore, from my understanding of some Andean civilizations, women were afforded with more power and autonomous existence prior to the Spanish conquest. While men were given more diverse career choices and were trained in the military, I did not sense as much of an unequal balance of power between men and women, rather men and women had different roles in society.
At this point it is impossible for me to remember my own journey through Peruvian cuisine. You have a better gastronomic memory! I think you will agree with me that our relationship with food has changed (especially after dramatic episodes, such as illnesses). Will any of that remain in our habitus when we return to Vancouver?
Hello Emily:) I love your blog post! Thank you for sharing all of your thoughts! I have always been a huge fan of ceviche, so the fact that I've not tried it here yet is surprising to me. What's your favorite food?! Definite goal for the coming days.
On another note, I had a different interpretation of the textile reading than you. My thoughts were that women had very few options (pretty much just sewing and making babies for their whole lives) while men had more divers career choices (they learn to sew, farm, hold political positions, are trained in the military, etc.). My thought was that the being a woman in this time would offer a very limited opportunities.
Hi Andree! You bring up a good point. From the reading, it did seem like the majority of the responsibility of weaving clothes was placed onto the women, but my view was that weaving and textiles was not exclusively assigned to women as both women and men learned and knew how to weave. Whereas, in many western cultures, the division of labour is much more strict and would be exclusively assigned to the women. Furthermore, from my understanding of some Andean civilizations, women were afforded with more power and autonomous existence prior to the Spanish conquest. While men were given more diverse career choices and were trained in the military, I did not sense as much of an unequal balance of power between men and women, rather men and women had different roles in society.