{"product_id":"contradictory-cookbooks-print-protest-and-feminism-in-womens-community-cookbooks","title":"Contradictory Cookbooks: Print, Protest, and Feminism in Women's Community Cookbooks","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a Featured Preorder* for a book that will be published November 3, 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is what the publisher tells us about this book:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHow a surprising set of diverse women used cookbooks to bridge seemingly contradictory aspects of their lives and effect change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eContradictory Cookbooks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a historical exploration of how women merged their voluntary, professional, and political interests through DIY cookbook publishing. Although cookbooks are often associated with the domestic and traditional, Barth reveals that the production of community cookbooks in the second half of the twentieth century was increasingly taken up by working women, women involved in student and civil rights movements, and women fighting for the cause of second-wave feminism. Barth reveals why, at a time that perhaps seems surprising and unlikely, women from a broad range of backgrounds and interest groups produced these culinary texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDrawing on hundreds of American community cookbooks as well as archival research from American women’s organizations,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eContradictory Cookbooks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eargues that through the production and sale of fundraising cookbooks, women found a means to bridge sometimes contradictory aspects of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEllen Barth is a research and teaching associate at the University of Münster, where she earned her doctorate in English Philology. Her work centers on book studies, women’s book history, second-wave feminist print culture, and the role of women’s clubs in American publishing and literary history. She has published research on the topics of feminist craftivism and menstrual activism. Originally from the United States, she now resides in Germany.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePaperback with black and white archival images. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e* Featured Preorder books earn you an extra 150 rewards points, good for $5 off a future purchase. If you're not already a member of our rewards program you can\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/pages\/reward\"\u003e learn more about all the ways to earn points and sign up here.\u003c\/a\u003e It's as simple as creating a store account.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-863743db-7fff-8ba4-2aaf-b25053a29e86\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-7d5ae186-7fff-3d77-facc-b286b855b3a2\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"UGA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41762973548677,"sku":"Ellen Barth","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/5046\/0549\/files\/barth_cover.jpg?v=1783959568","url":"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/contradictory-cookbooks-print-protest-and-feminism-in-womens-community-cookbooks","provider":"Kitchen Arts \u0026 Letters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}