ABSTRACT
Editors’ Note: Saldarriaga’s historical piece is relevant to at least three tabs: colonial, discourse and nature. A central lesson from this chapter is that hegemonic nutrition is not a modern phenomenon. Saldarriaga’s exploration into historical narratives demonstrates historical linkages between nutrition, hegemony, colonization, and politics of repression and oppression. Ultimately, the chapter establishes the value of reading historical narratives through the lens of hegemonic nutrition – particularly with an eye to the ways in which nutritional hegemony intersects with colonial domination and political power plays. Key points are bolded to help the reader through the historical narrative.
