Anthropology of East Europe Review
Managing Editor; Barbara A. West
Editors: Robert Rotenberg, Eva Huseby-Darvas, Nancy Ries, Matti Bunzl, and László
Kürti
SPECIAL ISSUE: FOOD AND FOODWAYS IN POSTSOCIALIST
MANAGING
EDITOR’S NOTES
Robert Rotenberg, DePaul University
EDITORS’
NOTES: FOOD AND FOODWAYS IN FOOD AND FOODWAYS IN POSTSOCIALIST EURASIA
Krista Harper, Guest Editor, Smith College, and Barbara West, University of
the Pacific
PART ONE--COMMENSALITY, FEASTS, EATING, AND DRINKING
“TAKE!
TAKE! TAKE!” HOST-GUEST RELATIONS AND ALL THAT FOOD: UZBEK HOSPITALITY
PAST AND PRESENT
Russell Zanca, Northeastern Illinois University
A TRINITY OF SIBERIAN EASTER-SEASON MEALS
Sharon Hudgins
CHRISTMAS FOODWAYS AND RITUAL IN NORTHERN GERMANY: DISTINCTIONS EAST AND WEST
OF THE FORMER BORDER
Susan Mazur-Stommen, California Polytechnic/Pomona
PART TWO—FOOD, MEANING, AND IDENTITY
CONSUMING
THE WEST BUT BECOMING THIRD WORLD:FOOD IMPORTS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF RUSSIANNESS
Jennifer Patico, Haverford College
TASTE AND TRANSFORMATION: ETHNOGRAPHIC ENCOUNTERS WITH FOOD IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Ben Passmore, Southern Methodist University and Susan Racine Passmore, Independent
Scholar
CUISINE AND CULTURAL IDENTITY IN BALKANS
Cristina Bradatan, Pennsylvania State University
“EATING
OUR WAY BACK TO GOD”: SACRAL NUTRITION AND ACCULTURATION IN THE KRISHNA
CONSCIOUS LIFESTYLE
Judit Farkas, European Institute of Food History (IEHA)
SALAMANDER
BRANDY: “A PSYCHEDELIC DRINK” BETWEEN MEDIA MYTH AND PRACTICE OF
HOME ALCOHOL DISTILLATION IN SLOVENIA
Miha Kozorog, University of Ljubljana
PART THREE—GENDER AND FOOD
FOOD,
GENDER AND REPRESENTATION
Margarita Jankauskait, Vilnius University
AMBIVALENT
TRADITIONS: TRANSFORMING GENDER SYMBOLS AND FOOD PRACTICES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Haldis Haukanes, University of Bergen
PINCÉZÉS: A DRINKING-RELATED MALE SOCIAL INSTITUTION IN RURAL
HUNGARY
Éva Huseby-Darvas, University of Michigan/Dearborn
PART FOUR—FOOD, HEALTH, AND CULTURE
THE EFFECTS
OF PERCEIVING “WEAK HEALTH” IN RUSSIA: THE CASE OF BREASTFEEDING
Cynthia Gabriel
GREEN CARNIVORES,
MAD COWS, AND GENE TECH: THE POLITICS OF FOOD IN HUNGARIAN ENVIRONMENTALISM
Krista Harper, Smith College
PIVO AND POHODA: THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND SYMBOLISM OF CZECH BEER-DRINKING
Timothy M. Hall , University of California/San Diego
PART FIVE—THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FOOD
BEER BOTTLES
AN BAR SIGNS: BREWING IDENTITY IN POSTSOCIALIST POLAND
Andrew D. Asher, University of Illinois/ Urbana-Champaign
FROM COW TO CUSTOMER: INFORMAL MARKETING OF MILK IN ALBANIA
Beryl Nicholson, Newcastle upon Tyne
DACHAS AND VEGETABLE GARDENS IN BELARUS ECONOMIC AND SUBJECTIVE STAKES OF AN
“ORDINARY PASSION”
Ronan Hervouet, University of Bordeaux
ESTONIAN
FOOD PRODUCTION
Stuart Thorne, University of Surrey
FROM HÁZI
TO HYPER MARKET: DISCOURSES ON TIME, MONEY, AND FOOD IN HUNGARY
Jeff Smith, Debrecen University
THE POLITICAL
AND SOCIAL LIFE OF FOOD IN SOCIALIST POLAND
Kathy Burrell, De Montfort University
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