[DOC] The Player Queen [with Biographical Introduction] by W. B. Yeats in Arts-Photography

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The table provides the food that sustains physical life. It is also the setting for people to share the fellowship that sustains cultural; community; and political life.In the vision of artist Rolando Brisentilde;o; food is a powerful metaphor; a way of understanding how culture nurtures the spirit. When cultures collide-as they inevitably do in borderlands settings-food; its preparation; and the rituals surrounding its consumption can preserve meanings and understandings that might otherwise have been lost to the mainstream social narrative.Brisentilde;orsquo;s exhibit; La Mesa de Moctezuma/Moctezumarsquo;s Table; originally hosted by San Antoniorsquo;s Instituto Cultural Mexicano and later by the Instituto de Meacute;xico; Montreal; Canada; brings to vivid life the artistrsquo;s conception of food as life source; social symbol; and embodiment of meaning.Now; editor Norma E. Cantuacute; has gathered the art; along with the words of fifteen poets; writers; artists; and scholars who reflect in various ways on the layers of interpretation to be derived from Brisentilde;orsquo;s works. Their thoughts provide focal points for musings about food; transborder relationships between food and art; personal connections to food; individual works within the exhibit; and the intense and immediate connections among culture; food; and self.