Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru Volume 76 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520301894)

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.


Author: Mar? Elena Garc?
ISBN-10: 0520301897
ISBN-13: 9780520301894
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2021
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2022