Food, power, and resistance in the Andes
Subtitle: exploring Quechua verbal and visual narratives
By: Alison Krögel
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780739147597; 9780739147610
Subjects: Social aspects; Quechua Indians; Quechua women; Food; Social conditions; Cooking; Women cooks
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-233) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Food, narrative, and symbolic communication in the Andes; title: A brief cultural history of Andean staple foods; title: The symbolic role of andean foods in Tahuantinsuyu and colonial Perú : ritual expression, discursive resistance; title: Profits, prestige, and power in the Andean market and Chichería; title: "Las chicheras se defienden" : canny, creative cooks in the visual and verbal narratives of José María Arguedas, Martín Chambi, and Claudia Llosa; title: Maleficent meals and conspiring cooks : culinary witchcraft in Quechua Orai narratives; title: Conclusion. Globalization, food security, and the Quechua food-landscape.