Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race, 76: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru

by García, María Elena
ISBN: 9780520301900
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Overview

In recent years, Peru has experienced a transformation 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, understood as a biopolitical and aesthetic set of practices that reinscribe dominant racial and gendered orders. Through ethnographic analysis and critical readings of high-end menus, culinary festivals, guinea pig production, national-branding campaigns, and other elements of Peru's gastropolitical complex, this work explores the intersections of race, species, and capital to reveal links between gastronomy and violence.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: García, María Elena
  • ISBN: 9780520301900
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.80
  • Number Of Pages: 320
  • Publication Year: 2021
Language: English