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Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru Volume 76
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.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publish Date: Mar 15th, 2021
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.80in - 1.00lb
- EAN: 9780520301900
- Categories: • Anthropology - Cultural & Social• Agriculture & Food (see also Political Science - Public Poli• Cultural & Ethnic Studies - Caribbean & Latin American Studi
About the Author
María Elena García is Professor in the Comparative History of Ideas Department at the University of Washington.
Praise for this book
"The book presents a stunning and innovative analysis of the politics of Peru's recent gastronomic boom. . . .[it] is at the forefront of scholarly discussions on the topic and deserves a wide readership among anthropologists and food studies scholars working on food, race, and nationalism in a range of geographic settings."-- "Gastronomica"