El colonialismo inka, el consumo de chicha y los festines desde una perspectiva de banquetes políticos

Abstract

Inka Colonialism, the Chicha Consumption and the Feasting: A Perspective from the "Commensal Politics"

This essay treats the "commensal politics" of feasting in the Inka state and its implications for understanding certain domains of political action and pre-Hispanic colonialism. State-sponsored feasts were usually political and ritual and comprised an important instrument in manipulating power relations and the public production and consumption of some food and drink. Some archeological and ethnographic implications of commensal politics also are discussed.