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Geiger, Alison Anne (Fa 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Geiger, Alison Anne (Fa 14), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 14. Interviews conducted by Alison Geiger with Grace (Meador) Galloway about her quilting. Includes step-by-step instructions, with photographs, demonstrating the construction of a cathedral window quilt block. Grace's life is also discussed, including raising her family on a farm in Warren County.
Food Etc. - An Essay By Rahmat Tarikere, Seminar (Special Issue: Karnataka Vignettes), Chandan Gowda
Food Etc. - An Essay By Rahmat Tarikere, Seminar (Special Issue: Karnataka Vignettes), Chandan Gowda
Chandan Gowda
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Turkey Backbones And Chicken Gizzards: Women’S Roles And The Making Of A Soup King In Post Socialist Hungary, Lisa Pope Fischer
Turkey Backbones And Chicken Gizzards: Women’S Roles And The Making Of A Soup King In Post Socialist Hungary, Lisa Pope Fischer
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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. Post socialism, their heroic clout as food providers is diminished by the introduction of a market economy. However, 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 …