In this essay I will explore in detail the curious Mexican film, Like Water for Chocolate (Como Agua Para Chocolate) which I argue is a site for feminine resistance and empowerment. The film incorporates the mundaneness of periodical romance and the fantastic characteristic of magic realism, creating a new space for the exploration of otherwise naturalized binaries. Like Water for Chocolate relies on a tenuous nexus of narrative structures, sensuality, and metaphor to create a …
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…Like Water for Chocolate, dir. Alfonso Arau. New York 5 April 1993: 61. Esquivel, Laura. Like Water for Chocolate, A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies. Trans. Carol Christensen and Thomas Christensen. New York: Doubleday, 1992. Foss, Sonja K. Rhetorical Criticislm: Exploration and Practice. Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press, 1989. Butler 16 Geist, Kenneth L. Rev. of Like Water for Chocolate, dir. Alfonso Arau. Films in Review May 1993:191-92. Grosz, Elizabeth. Volatile Bodies: Towards a Corporeal Butler 17