Rebellious Cooks and Recipe Writing in Communist BulgariaBloomsbury Publishing, 28 jan 2021 - 200 pagina's How 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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... presented me with a puzzle. During my research I had studied the content of the popular women's magazine Zhenata dnes (The Woman Today), which has been in continuous publication since 1949. I had also examined numerous cookbooks ...
... presented me with a puzzle. During my research I had studied the content of the popular women's magazine Zhenata dnes (The Woman Today), which has been in continuous publication since 1949. I had also examined numerous cookbooks ...
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... presented either her own version of the recipe, or offered the original, elaborating on her experience with it and her improvements. The interviews made it clear that trading of recipes was widespread in communist Bulgaria. Still the ...
... presented either her own version of the recipe, or offered the original, elaborating on her experience with it and her improvements. The interviews made it clear that trading of recipes was widespread in communist Bulgaria. Still the ...
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... presented in this book. The second part is a discussion of the scrapbooks as an instrument in cooking and as a medium for transmission and preservation of cookery information. It highlights different aspects of the recipe collections ...
... presented in this book. The second part is a discussion of the scrapbooks as an instrument in cooking and as a medium for transmission and preservation of cookery information. It highlights different aspects of the recipe collections ...
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... presentation of home cooking as risky and erroneous, the authorities in nutritionism embarked on greater efforts in educating women how to cook correctly and Cooking Advice in Bulgaria 29 EVOLUTION IN FOOD DISCOURSES.
... presentation of home cooking as risky and erroneous, the authorities in nutritionism embarked on greater efforts in educating women how to cook correctly and Cooking Advice in Bulgaria 29 EVOLUTION IN FOOD DISCOURSES.
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... presented the electric grill as 'a necessity in the modern household', but one serving to cook in a healthier manner, with less fat and salt ( Zhenata dnes 1975/4). The kitchen mixer another couple of years later was no longer discussed ...
... presented the electric grill as 'a necessity in the modern household', but one serving to cook in a healthier manner, with less fat and salt ( Zhenata dnes 1975/4). The kitchen mixer another couple of years later was no longer discussed ...
Inhoudsopgave
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PART TWO HOME COOKING BETWEEN COOKBOOKS AND SCRAPBOOKS | 67 |
PART THREE THE MEANINGS OF SCRAPBOOKS | 89 |
PART FOUR WHAT MADE SCRAPBOOKS INDISPENSABLE | 163 |
References | 173 |
Index | 187 |
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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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