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.