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Podcast: New Books in Food
Episode: MarĂa Elena GarcĂa, "Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru" (U California Press, 2021)
Description: In this episode of the New Books in Latin America Podcast, Kenneth SĂĄnchez spoke with Maria Elena GarcĂa about her wonderful new book Gastropolitics and the Spectre of Race: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru published in 2021 by the University of California Press.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 âgastronomic revolutionâ makes powerful claims: food unites Peruvians, dissolves racial antagonisms, and fuels development. Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race critically evaluates these claims and trac...