Gastropolitik und das Gespenst der Rasse: Geschichten über Kapital, Kultur und Kolonialität in Peru, Band 76

Author/Contributor(s):	Garcia, Maria Elena
Publisher:	University of California Press
Date:	03/15/2021
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.