Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race : Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru Hardback
by Maria Elena Garcia
Part of the California Studies in Food and Culture series
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In recent years, Peru has transformed from a war-torn country to a global high-end culinary destination.
Connecting chefs, state agencies, global capital, and Indigenous producers, this “gastronomic revolution†makes powerful claims: food unites Peruvians, dissolves racial antagonisms, and fuels development.
Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race critically evaluates these claims and tracks the emergence of Peruvian gastropolitics, a biopolitical and aesthetic set of practices that reinscribe dominant racial and gendered orders.
Through critical readings of high-end menus and ethnographic analysis of culinary festivals, guinea pig production, and national-branding campaigns, this work explores the intersections of race, species, and capital to reveal links between gastronomy and violence in Peru. Â
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- Pages:320 pages, 10 b-w illustrations
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:15/03/2021
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- ISBN:9780520301894
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages, 10 b-w illustrations
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:15/03/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520301894
