Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru Volume 76

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: María Elena García
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 03/15/2021
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780520301900
ISBN10: 0520301900
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Agriculture & Food (see also Political Science | Public Poli
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | Caribbean & Latin American Studies

About the Author
María Elena García is Professor in the Comparative History of Ideas Department at the University of Washington.