The Body of the Conquistador: Food, Race and the Colonial Experience in Spanish America, 1492-1700 by Rebecca Earle

Critical Perspectives on Empire

The Body of the Conquistador: Food, Race and the Colonial Experience in Spanish America, 1492-1700

Rebecca Earle

278 pages hardcover 2012

3 editions

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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 co...

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