The body of the conquistador food, race, and the colonial experience in Spanish America, 1492-1700

The body of the conquistador food, race, and the colonial experience in Spanish America, 1492-1700

"This fascinating history explores the dynamic relationship between overseas colonisation and the bodily experience of eating. It reveals the importance of food to the colonial project in Spanish America and reconceptualises the role of European colonial expansion in shaping the emergence of id...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Earle, Rebecca
Resource Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2012.
Series:Critical perspectives on empire.
Subjects:
Spain > Colonies > History. > America.
Spaniards > Attitudes > History. > Latin America.
Imperialism > Social aspects > History. > Latin America.
Human body > Social aspects > History. > Latin America.
Food habits > History. > Latin America.
Food > Psychological aspects > History. > Latin America.
Ingestion > Psychological aspects > History. > Latin America.
Latin America > Colonization > Social aspects.
Latin America > Race relations > History.
Latin America > Social conditions.