Turkey Backbones and Chicken Gizzards
Women's Food Roles in Post-Socialist Hungary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5374887 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Pope Fischer (New York City College of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 233-260 |
| Publication date | 2010-11-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Food and Foodways (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0740-9710 • E-ISSN: 1542-3484 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07409710.2010.529018 |
| OpenAlex | W2085449387 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 42 |
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
Cinderella goes to market
The object of labor
Russian talk
Inventing the NeedyGender and the Politics of Welfare in Hungary
Institutional Care of the Elderly
Working Difference
Magyar Women
Gender Politics and Post-Communism
Suffering and its professional transformation
What Was Socialism, and What Comes Next
Aging trends
Kinship patterns and household composition
From Proud Worker to Good Mother
Altering States
One Way or Multiple Paths
Consumers Exiting Socialism
Naming the House and Naming the Land
Gender Politics and Post-Communism
Food and culture
The Second 'No
The Gift
The Anthropology of Food and Body
The Bakers of Bemburg and the Logics of Communism and Capitalism
Pigs, party secretaries, and private lives in Hungary
Gastro-politics in Hindu South Asia
Potato Ontology
Losers in Market Transition
Some Aspects of the Changing Situation of Women in Hungary
The Female World of Cards and Holidays
American Kitchens, Luxury Bathrooms, and the Search for a 'Normal' Life in Postsocialist Hungary
Chocolate and Cognac
The Taste of Nationalism
On 'Modern' Christians, Consumption, and the Value of National Identity in Post-Soviet Lithuania
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |