ASEEES CFP: Soviet Women and Food in the 1970s-early 1990s

[Lakhtikova, Anastasiya V]

Dear Colleagues,

Happy New Year! I would like to invite those of you who are interested in Soviet food culture and foodways to participate in a panel tentatively titled “Soviet Women and Food in the 1970s-early 1990s)” for 2014 ASEEES.

Soviet food culture and foodways, much like foodways in other periods and cultures, are a starting point for exploring the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of human experience (Certeau 1998, Caldwell 2005). The difference, of course, lies in the fact that we are studying a totalitarian state. In lieu of the theme of 2014 ASEEES conference, the major question I would like to ask is about the legacy of Soviet women’s difficult and complex relationship with food. 

You are welcome to submit on any of the indicated decade(s) using any approaches from history, oral history, cultural studies, or anthropology with focus on topics related to food culture, women’s culture, non-western feminisms, foodways (official and not), images of a good housewife as reflected in official publications (cookbooks and popular magazines) and private papers. Literary representations of these topics from the same period are of interest as well. Please contact me off the list at avl15 at case.edu by January 7 and include a brief abstract.

Best wishes,

Anastasia Lakhtikova, PhD
Lecturer, Department of English/SAGES Program
Case Western Reserve University
avl15 at case.edu

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