María Elena García
Biographic Data
| ID | 92164 |
|---|---|
| NAME | María Elena García |
| GIVEN NAMES | María Elena |
| FAMILY NAME | García |
| SIGNATURE | GARCÍA M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4794-524X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 165 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Identifying Factors That Influence Physical Activity and Healthy Aging Among Older Latino Adults
BACKGROUND: For older Latinos, some benefits of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) include enhanced cognitive functioning, decreased loneliness, and reduced premature mortality. Despite LTPA benefits, adults ≥50 years are one of the most inactive age groups in the United States. METHODS: This qualitative study aimed to add to the limited evidence of LTPA in older Latino adults by exploring the barriers and facilitators for fitness class uptake…
Unsettling Violent Histories: Exploring the work of Elizabeth Lino-Cornejo and Karen Bernedo-Morales
Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru
"In recent years, Peru has experienced a transformation 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 gastropoliti…
Devouring the nation: Gastronomy and the settler-colonial sublime in Peru
This article explores chef Virgilio Martínez’s culinary exploration of Peruvian biodiversity and his claims of ‘discovering,’ selecting, classifying, and transforming local, ‘unknown,’ Indigenous ingredients and knowledge into high-end global cuisine. Taking Martínez seriously as an artist and cultural agent, I suggest that his work can be understood as a form of what I call the settler-colonial sublime, art that conceals and obscures the erasure…
Grieving Guinea Pigs: Reflections on Research and Shame in Peru
Zoonotic Trypanosomes in Rats and Fleas of Venezuelan Slums
Death of a Guinea Pig
During ethnographic research on the biopolitics of culinary nationalism in Peru, I visited a guinea pig breeding farm north of Lima. Guinea pigs are considered “food animals” in the Andes. That encounter with pregnant guinea pigs—and with one guinea pig in particular who was tossed out of her enclosure and left to die—led me to a visceral questioning of my methodological and political approaches to and commitments in multispecies ethnography. I f…
The Gastro-Political Turn in Peru
They are Peruvians, but they don’t know what that means. ‘Peru, Nebraska’ Video In 2011, PromPerú, the Peruvian state export and tourism agency, launched a promotional video to mark the international launch of Marca Perú (brand name Peru). Image 1. Marca Perú. Source: https://peru.info/es-pe/marca-peru In the video, a bus with the symbol of Marca Perú and the red and white of the Peruvian flag on its side drives down the open Nebraska plains. The…
In the Shadows of Success: Indigenous Politics in Peru and Ecuador
Theidon, Kimberly: Intimate Enemies. Violence and Reconciliation in Peru
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The Taste of Conquest: Colonialism, Cosmopolitics, and the Dark Side of Peru's Gastronomic Boom
Liderada por el chef Gastón Acurio, en el Perú se está llevando a cabo una "revolución gastronómica." Planteado como un movimiento culinario y social, este boom gastronómico conlleva una promesa cosmopolita: unir a una nación fragmentada y exportar la comida y cultura peruana al mundo. Este artículo sostiene que la celebración de este boom oculta un lado oscuro: la marginalización y violencia hacia los indígenas y cuerpos no-humanos. En él examin…
Authenticating Indians and Movements: Interrogating Indigenous Authenticity, Social Movements, and Fieldwork in Contemporary Peru
State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism Directed by Pamela Yates
2005 , 93 minutes, color. Distributed by Skylight Pictures Inc. , 330 W. 42nd Street, 24th floor, New York, NY 10036 , http://www.skylightpictures.com Pamela Yates, Peter Kinoy, and Paco de Onís' State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism is among the best documentaries regarding the political violence that scarred Peru in the 1980s and 1990s. Based on the testimony of the 17,000 Peruvians who participated in the public hearings of the Peruvian Tru…
Making Indigenous Citizens: Identity, Development, and Multicultural Activism in Peru
Exceptional Others: Politicians, Rottweilers, and Alterity in the 2006 Peruvian Elections
This article examines the representations of important political figures in the 2006 election in Peru, with special attention to outgoing President Alejandro Toledo, unsuccessful candidate Ollanta Humala, and the curious case of a rottweiler named Lay Fung who shortly after the election killed an alleged burglar in a working-class neighborhood in Lima. While these may seem unrelated stories, the 2006 presidential election and the case of Lay Fung…
Introduction: Indigenous Encounters in Contemporary Peru
Natives Making Nation: Gender, Indigeneity, and the State in the Andes
Natives Making Nation: Gender, Indigeneity, and the State in the Andes. Andrew Canessa, ed. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2005. 201 pp
Making Indigenous Citizens: Identity, Development, and Multicultural Activism in Peru
Making Indigenous Citizens: Identities, Education, and Multicultural Development in Peru
Set against conventional views of Peru as a place where indigenous mobilization has been absent, this book examines the complex, contentious politics between intercultural activists, local Andean indigenous community members, state officials, non-governmental organizations, and transnationally-educated indigenous intellectuals. It examines the paradoxes and possibilities of Quechua community protests against intercultural bilingual education, off…
Un País Sin Indígenas?: Rethinking Indigenous Politics in Peru
Rethinking Bilingual Education in Peru: Intercultural Politics, State Policy and Indigenous Rights
This paper explores recent changes in Peruvian national education policy and the effects these have had on indigenous populations. Situating Peruvian education reforms within a context of international multicultural development, the paper traces the history of reforms as implemented by national and international actors in varying degrees and combinations. Against this historical backdrop, the paper focuses on changes in the 1990s that in theory p…
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The Politics of Community: Education, Indigenous Rights, and Ethnic Mobilization in Peru
Wrapping an alpaca blanket around my body, already layered with thermal underwear, two long-sleeved shirts, a sweater, and a fleece jacket, I sat huddled close to Juana,1 a good friend and the director of a small school in Ccara, a community in a harshly cold and desolate region of Cuzco, Peru. We were listening to a small group of self-labeled authorities on education policy, including a representative of the Peruvian government's regional educa…
The Gastro-Political Turn in Peru
They are Peruvians, but they don’t know what that means. ‘Peru, Nebraska’ Video In 2011, PromPerú, the Peruvian state export and tourism agency, launched a promotional video to mark the international launch of Marca Perú (brand name Peru). Image 1. Marca Perú. Source: https://peru.info/es-pe/marca-peru In the video, a bus with the symbol of Marca Perú and the red and white of the Peruvian flag on its side drives down the open Nebraska plains. The…
Natives Making Nation: Gender, Indigeneity, and the State in the Andes
Natives Making Nation: Gender, Indigeneity, and the State in the Andes. Andrew Canessa, ed. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2005. 201 pp
Exceptional Others: Politicians, Rottweilers, and Alterity in the 2006 Peruvian Elections
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Whose Development? NGOs, International Organizations, Social Scientists, and Community Demands in Latin America
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The Politics of Community: Education, Indigenous Rights, and Ethnic Mobilization in Peru
Wrapping an alpaca blanket around my body, already layered with thermal underwear, two long-sleeved shirts, a sweater, and a fleece jacket, I sat huddled close to Juana,1 a good friend and the director of a small school in Ccara, a community in a harshly cold and desolate region of Cuzco, Peru. We were listening to a small group of self-labeled authorities on education policy, including a representative of the Peruvian government's regional educa…
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Rethinking Bilingual Education in Peru: Intercultural Politics, State Policy and Indigenous Rights
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This article examines the representations of important political figures in the 2006 election in Peru, with special attention to outgoing President Alejandro Toledo, unsuccessful candidate Ollanta Humala, and the curious case of a rottweiler named Lay Fung who shortly after the election killed an alleged burglar in a working-class neighborhood in Lima. While these may seem unrelated stories, the 2006 presidential election and the case of Lay Fung…
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State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism Directed by Pamela Yates
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Political science (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Law (9 works) · Art (8 works) · Indigenous (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · History (7 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (6 works)