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The Art of Soviet Cooking and Edible Ethnicity

These two readings conveyed some very different ideas about food as part of the Soviet experience. One thing Scott chose to highlight in the “Edible Ethnicity” reading was the importance of the ritual in food consumption, highlighting the importance of … Continue reading

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Beau Monde and The Golden Calf

In chapter 4, Fowler discusses the role of national culture in theater and how that was different in Moscow or St. Petersburg than in the other republics. He says, “Elissa Bemporad argues that the Yiddish theatre in Minsk was more … Continue reading

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