Food in Russian History and Culture

Informationen zum Autor Musya Glants, a Fellow at the Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, is a specialist on the painting and sculpture of 19th- and 20th-century Russia. Joyce Toomre, a Fellow at the Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, is a Slavicist and culinary historian. She translated, edited, and introduced Classic Russian Cooking: Elena Molokhovets' A Gift to Young Housewives. Klappentext Some of the chapters focus on historical topics while others consider images of food in literature and art. Zusammenfassung A book that surveys the social, religious, and cultural significance of food in Russian and Soviet life. It offers insights into what food ways reveal about Russia's history and culture, from Kievan times to post Soviet Russia.

Product details

• Authors: Musya Toomre Glants
• Assisted by: Musya Glants (Editor), Joyce Toomre (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.1997
• EAN: 9780253211064
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21106-4
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies; Indiana-Michigan Series in Rus; Indiana-Michigan Russian and E; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries