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Food, power, and resistance in the Andes : exploring Quechua verbal and visual narratives /

'Food, Power, and Resistance in the Andes' is a dynamic, interdisciplinary study of how food's symbolic and pragmatic meanings influence access to power and the possibility of resistance in the Andes. In the Andes, cooking often provides Quechua women with a discursive space for achie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Krögel, Alison, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Food, narrative, and symbolic communication in the Andes
  • A brief cultural history of Andean staple foods
  • The symbolic role of Andean foods in Tahuantinsuyu and colonial Perú : Ritual expression, discursive resistance
  • Profits, prestige, and power in the Andean market and Chichería
  • "Las chicheras se defienden" : Canny, creative cooks in the visual and verbal narratives of José María Arguedas, Martín Chambi, and Claudia Llosa
  • Maleficent meals and conspiring cooks : Culinary witchcraft in Quechua Orai narratives
  • Conclusion. Globalization, food security, and the Quechua food-landscape.