It can be said that this way of being in the world arising from experiencing nostalgia manifests itself with greater force during mobilities and migratory processes.Įmotional Realities in the Study of Mobilities Although Borges’ epigraph to nostalgia appears non-sensical and a paradox, it displays how in nostalgia there are multiple forms, times, senses, places and, above all, movements it also refers to an emotion that does not necessarily takes place in the past, but is lived again from helical movements and feelings of joy in different places, spaces and times, as well as flavors and sounds that appeal to the senses. We start from the premise that mobility is an integral aspect of social life, where in processes such as displacement, rupture and duel, emotional experiences are found. There are three types of nostalgia: simple or first order, reflective or second order, and interpretive or third order and by Blunt (2003) who, similarly, calls the latter productive nostalgia. We also make use of concepts by Davis (1979), who explains how nostalgia facilitates the continuity of identity, particularly in times of transition. 3 Thus, nostalgia, as a social emotion, falls within geographical (temporal and spatial), social (cultural norms) and psychic elements, whereas its mnemic element reflects the particular ways in which certain events are recorded in the memory of each individual. In this text we turn to nostalgia as an analytical category in line with the postulates of Wilson (2015), who posits nostalgia as a complex, temporal and spatial experience, as well as a cultural, social and mnemic one. Nostalgia, understood as the ability to invoke memories and make cuts of them, and put them into perspective, allows finding in the memories of past people and places the elements that provide actions and experiences with meaning. Jorge Luis Borges, Nostalgia for the Present (1981) Of being at your side in Iceland, in the great immobile dayĪnd partake of now as one partakes of music or the taste of fruit.Īt that precise moment he was together with her in Iceland. The tradition comes from a time when farmers would bring their ears of corn to the church for a priest to bless the kernels set aside for the planting of the next crop.At that precise moment he said to himself: What would I not give for the joy He has identified 25 families of tamales in Mexico, which themselves have innumerable variants based on ingredients, wrappings and size. Tamales are eaten in countries throughout the region under other names like "humita," "pamonhas," "hallaca" and "guanime." But the sheer variety achieved in Mexico is unmatched, said chef and gastronomy researcher Ricardo Muñoz Zurita. It comes from the Nahuatl word "tamalli," which means wrapped.
They have persisted for centuries, spinning off an array of varieties and adjusting to ingredients like the pork and lard brought by Spanish conquerors.Ī single offering of the dish is called a tamal in Spanish. Tamales date to pre-Hispanic times when Olmecs, Mexicas and Mayas prepared them for religious rituals, offerings and even placed them in tombs. Other vendors slowly pedal big tricycles down streets offering tamales, which also can be wrapped in banana leaves or other foliage. 2.Įven outside that holiday, vendors set up stands across the city before dawn at subway stops and street corners where tamales steam in giant pots fired by gas burners or charcoal.
6 has to buy tamales for the family on Feb. On that day, Mexican tradition has it that whoever found the baby Jesus figurine in the Rosca de Reyes cake eaten on Three Kings Day on Jan. They also invariably carry nostalgia for millions like Cuatencos, who remembers his grandmother preparing tamales for family celebrations and religious festivals like Candlemas Day on Feb. But tamales are not only delicious and a high caloric way to fuel the work day.
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