Gastropolitics and the specter of race : stories of capital, culture, and coloniality in Peru / Maria Elena Garcia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garcia, Maria Elena, author.

Series:

California Studies in Food and Culture ; 76

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Social aspects--Peru.

Food.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 291 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface: Understories

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One. Structures of Accumulation

Interlude

Part Two. Narratives from the Edge

Epilogue

Notes

References

Index

California Studies in Food and Culture

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520972308

0520972309

OCLC:

1248759905