Gastropolitics and the specter of race stories of capital, culture, and coloniality in Peru
"In recent years, Peru has experienced a transformation 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...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
2021
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| Schriftenreihe: | California studies in food and culture
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "In recent years, Peru has experienced a transformation 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, understood as a biopolitical and aesthetic set of practices that reinscribe dominant racial and gendered orders. Through ethnographic analysis and critical readings of high-end menus, culinary festivals, guinea pig production, national-branding campaigns, and other elements of Peru's gastropolitical complex, this work explores the intersections of race, species, and capital to reveal links between gastronomy and violence"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 251-280 |
| Beschreibung: | xix, 291 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780520301894 978-0-520-30189-4 9780520301900 978-0-520-30190-0 9780520972308 |