This article is an inquiry into the politics of food in Venezuela, addressing the question: What do food politics tell us about broader forms, organizations, and relations of power in Venezuela today? By digging into the past, it sheds light on the challenges and opportunities at present, examining: a) The ways in which food, through its material and symbolic power, has served as a vehicle for processes of social differentiation along lines of race, class, and gender – processes which continue to evolve into the present; b) The interplay of global and national food politics and the ways in which these connect to and play out at the level of everyday life; and c) How the contours of the Venezuelan food system have been shaped by the pushes and pulls of state, society, and capital over time, in a delicate balance of forces characterized by both deep tensions and deep ties.

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委内瑞拉食品政治中的企业力量与大众力量


本文是对委内瑞拉食品政治的调查，解决了以下问题：食品政治对当今委内瑞拉更广泛的形式、组织和权力关系有何启示？通过挖掘过去，它揭示了当下的挑战和机遇，研究了：a） 食物通过其物质和象征力量，成为种族、阶级和性别等社会分化过程的载体——这些过程继续演变到现在;b） 全球和国家粮食政治的相互作用，以及这些政治与日常生活相联系并在日常生活层面发挥作用的方式;c） 委内瑞拉食品系统的轮廓如何随着时间的推移受到国家、社会和资本的推拉，以深度紧张和深厚联系为特征的微妙力量平衡。