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Perogies and Politics
Canada's Ukrainian Left, 1891-1991
Rhonda L. Hinther (Author)
9781487500498
Hardback, published 8 February 2018
312 pages, 3 b&w illustrations
22.9 x 15.7 x 2 cm, 0.6 kg
"Hinther’s work successfully recounts the history of the Ukrainian left in Canada, which used a combination of cultural and political practices to demonstrate their individuality within the Canadian left more broadly." "Rhonda Hinther’s book is a warm testimonial to how the heirs of the pro-communist minority now feel about themselves and their historical place within left-wing Canadian politics."
In Perogies and Politics, Rhonda Hinther explores the twentieth-century history of the Ukrainian left in Canada from the standpoint of the women, men, and children who formed and fostered it. For twentieth-century leftist Ukrainians, culture and politics were inextricably linked. The interaction of Ukrainian socio-cultural identity with Marxist-Leninism resulted in one of the most dynamic national working-class movements Canada has ever known. The Ukrainian left’s success lay in its ability to meet the needs of and speak in meaningful, respectful, and empowering ways to its supporters’ experiences and interests as individuals and as members of a distinct immigrant working-class community. This offered to Ukrainians a radical social, cultural, and political alternative to the fledgling Ukrainian churches and right-wing Ukrainian nationalist movements. Hinther’s colourful and in-depth work reveals how left-wing Ukrainians were affected by changing social, economic, and political forces and how they in turn responded to and challenged these forces.
Acknowledgements Note On Transliteration Introduction: Perogies and Politics: The Men, Women, and Children of the Ukrainian Labour Temple Movement, 1891-1991 Chapter I: ‘Sincerest Revolutionary Greetings:’ Men and the Interwar Ukrainian Left Chapter II: Raising Funds and Class Consciousness: Women and the Interwar Ukrainian Left Chapter III: Junior Participants in the Class Struggle: Children, Youth, and the Interwar Ukrainian Left Chapter IV: ‘Dear Kate! I Don’t Know How You Manage!:’ The Ukrainian Left and WWII Chapter V: ‘If There Had Been A Siberia:’ Adults and the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians Chapter VI: ‘We’re Ukrainian-Canadians, Not Ukrainian:’ Children, Youth and the Postwar Ukrainian Left Conclusion: "If I Can't Dance, It's Not My Revolution" Appendix A: Key Ukrainian Leftist Organizations Works Consulted