Gastro-politics is also about every day examples of kindness, abuse, generosity, greed, privileges related to food. It can be seen in which a person gives or withholds the food in their control. Gastro-politics unpacks one's power or lack of power to admit, invite, and participate related to food consumption and production. How would Arjun Appadurai unpack Logan and Janie's conflict through the lens of his theory in Zora Neale Hurston classic novel Their Eyes Where Watching God? How would he unpack Joe’s cooking expectation of his wife and his violent response to her meal? How would he explain Janie’s response to Joe’s cooking expectation and his violent response to her meal?
