Linda J. Seligmann is professor emerita of anthropology at George Mason University. Her books include Broken Links, Enduring Ties: American Adoption across Race, Class, and Nation and Peruvian Street Lives: Culture, Power, and Economy among Market Women of Cuzco.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Quinoa ProspectsPart One. Backstories: Land Struggles, the Allure of Infrastructure, and Development Desires in HuanoquiteChapter 1. Agrarian Reform, Revolution, and ReversalsChapter 2. The Power and Seduction of InfrastructureChapter 3. Contesting Development, Alternative PathsPart Two. Soup and Superfood: The Politics of Quinoa Production and ConsumptionChapter 4. The Expansion of Quinoa ProductionChapter 5. Food Sovereignty, Food Security, and SustainabilityChapter 6. To Be Strong and HealthyChapter 7. Voracious ConsumptionConclusion: Pragmatic Spirituality and Quinoa DesiresNotesReferencesIndex

"Linda J. Seligmann's book brilliantly examines the role of the superfood quinoa in and on a local Andean community, exploring gender relationships, local production systems, and the communal sense of place, as these phenomena intersect with the nation state and global capitalism."--William P. Mitchell, author of Voices from the Global Margin: Confronting Poverty and Inventing New Lives in the Andes "Seligmann succeeds in showing how interconnected quinoa is to local and global food politics, economic development, and sustainability initiatives in Peru." --H-Net Reviews

Linda J. Seligmann is professor emerita of anthropology at George Mason University. Her books include Broken Links, Enduring Ties: American Adoption across Race, Class, and Nation and Peruvian Street Lives: Culture, Power, and Economy among Market Women of Cuzco.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Quinoa ProspectsPart One. Backstories: Land Struggles, the Allure of Infrastructure, and Development Desires in HuanoquiteChapter 1. Agrarian Reform, Revolution, and ReversalsChapter 2. The Power and Seduction of InfrastructureChapter 3. Contesting Development, Alternative PathsPart Two. Soup and Superfood: The Politics of Quinoa Production and ConsumptionChapter 4. The Expansion of Quinoa ProductionChapter 5. Food Sovereignty, Food Security, and SustainabilityChapter 6. To Be Strong and HealthyChapter 7. Voracious ConsumptionConclusion: Pragmatic Spirituality and Quinoa DesiresNotesReferencesIndex

"Linda J. Seligmann's book brilliantly examines the role of the superfood quinoa in and on a local Andean community, exploring gender relationships, local production systems, and the communal sense of place, as these phenomena intersect with the nation state and global capitalism."--William P. Mitchell, author of Voices from the Global Margin: Confronting Poverty and Inventing New Lives in the Andes "Seligmann succeeds in showing how interconnected quinoa is to local and global food politics, economic development, and sustainability initiatives in Peru." --H-Net Reviews

Linda J. Seligmann is professor emerita of anthropology at George Mason University. Her books include Broken Links, Enduring Ties: American Adoption across Race, Class, and Nation and Peruvian Street Lives: Culture, Power, and Economy among Market Women of Cuzco.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Quinoa ProspectsPart One. Backstories: Land Struggles, the Allure of Infrastructure, and Development Desires in HuanoquiteChapter 1. Agrarian Reform, Revolution, and ReversalsChapter 2. The Power and Seduction of InfrastructureChapter 3. Contesting Development, Alternative PathsPart Two. Soup and Superfood: The Politics of Quinoa Production and ConsumptionChapter 4. The Expansion of Quinoa ProductionChapter 5. Food Sovereignty, Food Security, and SustainabilityChapter 6. To Be Strong and HealthyChapter 7. Voracious ConsumptionConclusion: Pragmatic Spirituality and Quinoa DesiresNotesReferencesIndex

"Linda J. Seligmann's book brilliantly examines the role of the superfood quinoa in and on a local Andean community, exploring gender relationships, local production systems, and the communal sense of place, as these phenomena intersect with the nation state and global capitalism."--William P. Mitchell, author of Voices from the Global Margin: Confronting Poverty and Inventing New Lives in the Andes "Seligmann succeeds in showing how interconnected quinoa is to local and global food politics, economic development, and sustainability initiatives in Peru." --H-Net Reviews