The Joy of Cooking: Like Water for Chocolate. A comparison of the novel by Laura Esquivel to the 1992 movie. Work Cited included.

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 shifting, seemingly insubstantial landscape of subtle yet substantial subversive strength.
Upon first viewing, the…