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

Maria Elena Garcia

Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru
Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of California Press
Country
United States
Published
15 March 2021
Pages
320
ISBN
9780520301894

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

Maria Elena Garcia

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.

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