Across the Soviet Union and eastern Europe during the socialist
period, food emerged as a symbol of both the successes and failures
of socialist ideals of progress, equality, and modernity. By the
late 1980s, the arrival of McDonald s behind the Iron Curtain
epitomized the changes that swept across the socialist world. Not
quite two decades later, the effects of these arrivals were evident
in the spread of foreign food corporations and their integration
into local communities. This book explores the role played by food
as commodity, symbol, and sustenance in the transformation of life
in Russia and eastern Europe since the end of socialism. Changes in
food production systems, consumption patterns, food safety, and
ideas about health, well-being, nationalism, and history provide
useful perspectives on the meaning of the postsocialist transition
for those who lived through it."
General
Imprint: |
Indiana University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2009 |
First published: |
September 2009 |
Editors: |
Melissa L Caldwell
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Foreword by: |
Marion Nestle
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Afterword by: |
Elizabeth Cullen Dunn
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
248 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-253-22139-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
LSN: |
0-253-22139-0 |
Barcode: |
9780253221391 |
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