Turkey Backbones and Chicken Gizzards

Women's Food Roles in Post-Socialist Hungary

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5374887
AutoresLisa Pope Fischer (New York City College of Technology, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume18
Fascículo4
Páginas233-260
Data de publicação2010-11-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFood and Foodways (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0740-9710 • E-ISSN: 1542-3484
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07409710.2010.529018
OpenAlexW2085449387
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas42

This article looks at soup-making as a lens to view the impact of societal change for Hungarian pensioner women. Food as a practice illustrates agency: strategies and tactics used in time and space to communicate meaning for people in everyday life. During the socialist period, women endured frustrations of long lines and scarce resources. In the post-socialist era, their heroic clout as food providers is diminished by the introduction of a market economy. Nevertheless, the survival skills learned in the socialist era allow them to adapt to the new era of high inflation and high unemployment. I use descriptions of one woman to connect personal experience to historical and political change. This article makes two main points—first, to look at food practices developed during state socialism that carry over and adapt to the post-socialist condition; and second, to illustrate how this impacts gender and agency of elderly Hungarian women. 1 This study was presented at the American Anthropological Association meetings in San Francisco, California, 2008. I would like to thank the encouraging comments and suggestions from the people who attended this panel. I owe a great deal to the Fulbright Association for funding my research in 1996–1997. I appreciate the nudges and advice from my core writing group: Jean Kubeck, Sean MacDonald, Eric Rodriguez. I would like to thank the three anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions and remarks

Agency (philosophy) · Communism · Economic growth · Economics · Meaning (existential) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Socialism · Sociology · State (computer science) · Unemployment · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Rural development and sustainability