Seasoned socialism : gender and food in late Soviet everyday life / edited by Anastasia Lakhtikova, Angela Brintlinger, and Irina Glushchenko

Seasoned Socialism considers the relationship between gender and food in late Soviet daily life. Political and economic conditions heavily influenced Soviet life and foodways during this period and an exploration of Soviet women's central role in the daily sustenance for their families as well as the obstacles they faced on this quest offers new insights into intergenerational and inter-gender power dynamics of that time. Food, both in its quality and quantity, was a powerful tool in the Soviet Union. This collection features work by scholars in an array of fields including cultural studies, literary studies, sociology, history, and food studies, and the work gathered here explores the intersection of gender, food, and culture in the post-1960s Soviet context. From personal cookbooks to gulag survival strategies, Seasoned Socialism considers gender construction and performance across a wide array of primary sources, including poetry, fiction, film, women's journals, oral histories, and interviews. This collection provides fresh insight into how the Soviet government sought to influence both what citizens ate and how they thought about food

Includes bibliographical references and index

Love, marry, cook: gendering the home kitchen in late Soviet Russia / Adrianne K. Jacobs -- "I hate cooking!": emancipation and patriarchy in late Soviet film / Irina Gluschenko, translated by Anastasia Lakhtikova and Angela Brintlinger -- Professional women cooking: Soviet manuscript cookbooks, social networks, and identity building / Anastasia Lakhtikova -- Cake, cabbage, and the morality of consumption in Iurii Trifonov's House on the Embankment / Benjamin Sutcliffe -- Sated people: gendered modes of acquiring and consuming prestigious Soviet foods / Olena Stiazhkina, translated by Anastasia Lakhtikova and Angela Brintlinger -- Dacha labors: preserving everyday Soviet life / Melissa L. Caldwell -- Vodka en Plein Air: authoritative discourse, alcohol, and gendered spaces in Gray Mouse by Vil Lipatov / Lidia Levkovitch -- Cold veal and a stale bread roll: Zofia Wedrowska's taste for scarcity / Ksenia Gusarova -- "Our only hope was in these plants": Irina Ratushinskaya and the manipulation of foodways in a late Soviet labor camp / Ona Renner-Fahey -- Shchi da kasha, but mostly shchi: cabbage as gendered and genre'd in the late Soviet period / Angela Brintlinger -- Still life with leftovers: Nonna Slepakova's poetics of time / Amelia Glaser

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