De la Garza family
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The De la Garza family is the central household in Laura Esquivel’s novel "Like Water for Chocolate," known for its strict matriarchal traditions and the emotional, often magical events that unfold around its members.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| De la Garza family canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional family
ⓘ
literary household ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Like Water for Chocolate ⓘ |
| associatedWithElement |
food and cooking
ⓘ
kitchen ⓘ recipes ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | magical realism ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
intergenerational trauma
ⓘ
resistance to patriarchal and matriarchal authority ⓘ transmission of emotion through food ⓘ |
| centralThemeInvolvement |
family duty
ⓘ
female agency ⓘ forbidden love ⓘ repression ⓘ |
| connectedToAdaptation |
Like Water for Chocolate
ⓘ
surface form:
Like Water for Chocolate (1992 film)
|
| createdBy | Laura Esquivel ⓘ |
| familyHead | Mama Elena ⓘ |
| followsCustom |
youngest daughter must care for mother until death
ⓘ
youngest daughter must not marry ⓘ |
| governedBy | matriarchal tradition ⓘ |
| hasConflictBetween | Mama Elena and Tita De la Garza ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Mexican rural upper-middle-class family ⓘ |
| hasEldestDaughter | Rosaura De la Garza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyLocation |
courtyard of the ranch
ⓘ
family dining room ⓘ family ranch kitchen ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Gertrudis De la Garza
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mama Elena ⓘ Rosaura De la Garza NERFINISHED ⓘ Tita De la Garza ⓘ |
| hasMiddleDaughter | Gertrudis De la Garza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSetting | ranch in northern Mexico ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod |
Mexican Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican Revolution era
|
| hasYoungestDaughter | Tita De la Garza ONNED1 ⓘ |
| influencesCharacterArcOf |
Gertrudis De la Garza
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pedro Muzquiz NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosaura De la Garza NERFINISHED ⓘ Tita De la Garza ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedInFiction |
Coahuila
ⓘ
surface form:
Coahuila, Mexico
|
| narratedBy | Tita’s great-niece ⓘ |
| narrativeStructureLinkedTo | monthly chapters organized by recipes ⓘ |
| portrayedInMedium |
film adaptation
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| publishingContextOfWork |
Like Water for Chocolate
ⓘ
surface form:
Like Water for Chocolate (1989 novel)
|
| symbolizes |
clash between passion and social norms
ⓘ
oppressive family tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.