Food, Power, and Resistance in the Andes: Exploring Quechua Verbal and Visual Narratives is a study by Alison Krogel that analyzes the food-landscapes that are present in different Andean art forms. She states that “This book is about the relationship between food, cooks, and power in the Andes. More precisely, it explores the ways in which indigenous female cooks use their roles as food preparers, marketers, or purveyors to access otherwise elusive socioeconomic (and sometimes political) power within their households and communities” (Krogel 1).
The book is divided into clear sections that give a complete overview of the food-landscape in the Andes. Krogel writes in a formal style that is coherent and accurate. Her delivery is not forceful but it has a fluid flow and her ideas are developed fully as she moves between them. Her writing is objective as she does not favor any one group, author, or narrative in her analysis. She gathered information from a wide variety of sources to support her thesis.
The author does not use any single method in her analytical study. She uses a combination of description, narration, exposition, and argument. Her descriptions and the descriptions in the narratives that she analyzes paint a vivid picture of the food-landscapes in Andean history and in current Andean culture. She narrates the history of the …show more content…
The testimonio that Krogel analyzes at the end of the chapter is a great example that gives a personal interpretation and interests readers. It follows a woman named Asunta, who is able to escape circumstances in her life through her cooking. She teaches her daughter “that with a certain amount of skill and luck, a Quechua woman can support herself through her cooking” (Krogel 99). This is important because it demonstrates the idea that Krogel is trying to prove through the eyes of someone who lived in that
The book is divided into clear sections that give a complete overview of the food-landscape in the Andes. Krogel writes in a formal style that is coherent and accurate. Her delivery is not forceful but it has a fluid flow and her ideas are developed fully as she moves between them. Her writing is objective as she does not favor any one group, author, or narrative in her analysis. She gathered information from a wide variety of sources to support her thesis.
The author does not use any single method in her analytical study. She uses a combination of description, narration, exposition, and argument. Her descriptions and the descriptions in the narratives that she analyzes paint a vivid picture of the food-landscapes in Andean history and in current Andean culture. She narrates the history of the …show more content…
The testimonio that Krogel analyzes at the end of the chapter is a great example that gives a personal interpretation and interests readers. It follows a woman named Asunta, who is able to escape circumstances in her life through her cooking. She teaches her daughter “that with a certain amount of skill and luck, a Quechua woman can support herself through her cooking” (Krogel 99). This is important because it demonstrates the idea that Krogel is trying to prove through the eyes of someone who lived in that