Perogies and Politics : : Canada's Ukrainian Left, 1891-1991 / / Rhonda L. Hinther.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Pilot 2018
• VerfasserIn: Hinther, Rhonda L. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Gender and History
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction: The Men, Women, and Children of the Ukrainian Labour Temple Movement, 1891-1991 -- 1. "'Sincerest Revolutionary Greetings": Men and the Interwar Ukrainian Left -- 2. Raising Funds and Class-Consciousness: Women and the Interwar Ukrainian Left -- 3. Junior Participants in the Class Struggle: Children, Youth, and the Interwar Ukrainian Left -- 4. "Dear Kate, I Don't Know How You Manage!": The Ukrainian Left and the Second World War -- 5. "If There Had Been a Siberia": Adults and the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians -- 6. "We're Ukrainian Canadians, Not Ukrainians": Children, Youth, and the Post-War Ukrainian Left -- Conclusion: "If I Can't Dance, It's Not My Revolution" -- Appendix: Key Ukrainian Leftist Organizations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index