Rebellious Cooks and Recipe Writing in Communist BulgariaHow did people exist and resist in their daily lives under Soviet control in the Cold War period? Shkodrova's monograph shows how in communist Bulgaria many women passionately exchanged recipes with friends and strangers, to build substantial and impressive private collections of recipes. This activity was borderline contraband in going against the general disapproval of home cooking that formed part of the ideology of communism, in which home cooking was considered household slavery and an agent of patriarchalism. Private recipe collections were by far the preferred written source of culinary information, more popular than the state-approved commercial cookbooks. Shkodrova shows how these recipe collections held many different meanings for the women who collected them, from helping to navigate the communist economy, to enabling new friendships to be developed while engaging safely in power relations, and cultivating a sense of individual identity in a society where collective existence was prioritised and exalted. Drawing on primary sources including scrapbook cookbooks and working from the establishment of cookery classes before communism and their obliteration thereafter, Shkodrova presents a structured outline of the meanings of recipes exchange and home cooking for Bulgarian women under communism. |
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In 2012 a friend put a book in my hands – a kind of book I had never seen before. It was a volume the size of a standard A4 sheet, with hard covers, bound in blue cloth and with faded golden letters that read Cooking Recipes.
In 2012 a friend put a book in my hands – a kind of book I had never seen before. It was a volume the size of a standard A4 sheet, with hard covers, bound in blue cloth and with faded golden letters that read Cooking Recipes.
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... significant body of research, the recently expanding investigations into cookbooks – historical documents whose value in this field of study has been seriously underestimated until recently, and which are seen both as empowering.
... significant body of research, the recently expanding investigations into cookbooks – historical documents whose value in this field of study has been seriously underestimated until recently, and which are seen both as empowering.
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underestimated until recently, and which are seen both as empowering their authors or the communities which created them, and as conveying various, sometimes oppressive ideologies. The value of these documents had been overlooked in the ...
underestimated until recently, and which are seen both as empowering their authors or the communities which created them, and as conveying various, sometimes oppressive ideologies. The value of these documents had been overlooked in the ...
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... in the late 1940s equalled those for home cooking and stayed at the same levels until the 1980s. In this context, in which the entire society was seen as a machine, consuming and digesting in order to fulfil the state economy plan ...
... in the late 1940s equalled those for home cooking and stayed at the same levels until the 1980s. In this context, in which the entire society was seen as a machine, consuming and digesting in order to fulfil the state economy plan ...
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The state assumed the task of predicting and managing popular desires, stated Reid (2002: 218), who also warned against the common misconception of the 'Thaw' period as liberalization: consumption under communism was not seen as a ...
The state assumed the task of predicting and managing popular desires, stated Reid (2002: 218), who also warned against the common misconception of the 'Thaw' period as liberalization: consumption under communism was not seen as a ...
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Inhoudsopgave
Recipe Manuscripts Take the Lead | |
Recipe Collection as an Instrument | |
Part Three The Meanings of Scrapbooks | |
Managing Budgets | |
Scrapbooks as Social Capital | |
Entertaining Indulging and Creating the Self | |
Part Four What Made Scrapbooks Indispensable | |
References | |
Index | |
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Rebellious Cooks and Recipe Writing in Communist Bulgaria Albena Shkodrova Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2021 |
Rebellious Cooks and Recipe Writing in Communist Bulgaria Albena Shkodrova Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2021 |
Rebellious Cooks and Recipe Writing in Communist Bulgaria Albena Shkodrova Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2022 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Rebellious Cooks and Recipe Writing in Communist Bulgaria Food in Modern History: Traditions and Innovations |
| Auteur | Albena Shkodrova |
| Uitgever | Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021 |
| ISBN | 1350132322, 9781350132320 |
| Lengte | 200 pagina's |
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