《恰似水于巧克力》厨房空间中的自然、感应与女性

Nature,Resonance and Femininity in the Kitchen Space——A study of Like Water for Chocolate

劳拉·埃斯基韦尔的《恰似水于巧克力》被称为厨房文学的开创之作,其中塑造了一个表征性的厨房空间,这个空间不仅仅指厨房所在的实体空间,也是厨房精神的抽象空间,是人际关系与文化形式的建构与体现。书中的厨房是一个开放的生活空间,厨房包容万物、创造万物,通向外界与宇宙,甚至通向最神圣的伊甸园。食物是厨房空间中的媒介,建立起人与人、人与自然之间的联系。蒂塔在厨房空间中传达着食物话语,找到了自身的生存空间和生命价值。人们在厨房中孕育、成长和相爱,通过食物延续生命,与食物神灵、亡者魂灵相感应,厨房中可以诞生回归到自然与本质的“新人类”。

domain that embodies the kitchen’s spirit.This space contains the fundamental elements of everything and embodies the social relationships as well as the cultural background.The kitchen in the book,a lively and open living space,embraces and creates all things,serving as a portal to the outside world,the cosmos,and even to the most sacred Eden.Food becomes a vital medium within this space,forging connections among people and between humanity and nature.Tita,the protagonist,navigates this space,using food discourse to carve out a personal domain for existence and value.The kitchen emerges as a cradle of life,a place where birth,growth,and love intertwine.Here,individuals maintain their lives through food and resonate with the spirits of food and the departed,suggesting the potential emergence of a“new human”,who returns to nature and human essence.