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 reconceptualizes the role of European colonial expansion in shaping the emergence of ideas of...

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

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