The Joy of Everyday Life as a lived coffeehouse experience: Enlightened Viennese and Slavonic frames

by Yulia Maleta

Overview

In Book 3, I continue to illuminate Ringstrasse epoch coffeehouses- still shining today- mirroring Unesco's (2011) recognition of 'intangible cultural heritage', including: Café Landtmann (1873), the four Diglas cafes (1875), Café Central (1876), Café Sacher/ Hotel Sacher and Café Sperl (1880); likewise established during the mid-late 19th century of Ring redevelopment [Vienna's Second and Third Golden-Gilded Ages] (See Books 1 and 2). Following on from Books 1 and 2, I elaborate on the joy of everyday life as a lived coffeehouse experience through enlightened Viennese and Slavonic frames, exemplifying the joyful culture of coffee and cake- relative to my 3-step digestive plan. Arguably, Vienna's coffeehouses are framed by Slavic heritage and entrepreneurial leadership, relative to the omnipresent Slavonic 'joy de vivre' or 'joy in everyday life' (Maleta 2021; ibid 2022).
Regarding cafes: Landtmann, Diglas, Central, Sacher and Sperl, amongst other landmark coffeehouses, my Introductory Chapter presents a conceptual-methodological and pictorial/ illustrative analytical framework, focussing on these points: My 3-step: Sour-Savoury-Sweet plan; Research Context: Historic-modern frames. Vienna's 4 gilded/ golden ages; UNESCO: The Viennese coffeehouse as 'intangible cultural heritage'; Historicism and Ringstrasse development (1857-1914); Kolschitzky: Slavic-coffeehouse pioneer; My chronological articulation of core cafes; Café Sperl's Siebener C7 Club: West Slavic ties; Crediting Slavonic agentic competence; Sophia's patronage at Café Sperl; Women's entrepreneurial agency; The coffeehouse as a 'second living room'; and, An Overview to Book 3's Chapters. Markedly, in Book 3 (and my Series), I illuminate the integral diverse role of women as coffeehouse managers/proprietors, support staff and pastry chefs (Café Demel 2022a; Café Hawelka 2022c; Café Korb 2022a; Café Sacher 2022; Café Sluka 2022a; ibid 2022b; Hotel Sacher Vienna 2022d; Maleta 2021; ibid 2022; See Chapter 5).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798823183536
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	01/22/2023
Series:	Introducing Vienna's Café Culture , #3
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Doctor Yulia Maleta has a PhD in Sociology along with reputable publications in Slavic-Slavonic Studies, Austro-Hungary History, Qualitative Social Research Methods, Gender Research and eNSMS/ Environmentalist New Social Movements. She has worked at the University of Sydney, UNSW and Western Sydney University. Books: The Joy of Everyday Life as a lived coffeehouse experience: Enlightened Viennese and Slavonic frames (2023), Vienna’s Ringstrasse Coffeehouses and Slavonic Creative Flair (2022) and Landmark Viennese Coffeehouses and Cafés: Framed by a Slavonic Joy de Vivre (2021) constitute her 'Vienna' Series.
As part of her Book Series: 'Introducing Vienna’s Café Culture', Dr Maleta highlights Unesco’s (2011) recognition of the Viennese coffeehouse as ‘intangible cultural heritage’ status. Also, she argues that Slavonic peoples have contributed an enlightened legacy to Vienna’s café heritage, through everyday patronage and leadership of fine patisseries and culinary fare. Dr Maleta also credits the integral role of women as managers/proprietors, pastry chefs and staff within Vienna's evolving café cultural scene, spanning historic (Ring epoch) to modern-day coffeehouse developments. Hence, Dr Maleta acknowledges the valued role of Slavonic peoples' as well as women's agentic leadership competence towards Vienna's café society- dually in need of current recognition. Thus far, her Book Series draws upon methodological and personal ambitions- discursive to her role as a writer- striving to illuminate the 'joy de vivre' in everyday life- the culture of coffee to the world.
In addition, Dr Maleta’s book "Feminism, Republicanism, Egalitarianism, Environmentalism: Bill of Rights and Gendered Sustainable Initiatives" (2021, 2019) addresses hegemonic ruling class masculinity and emphasized femininity within renewables organisational governance, and critiques Anglo-Celtic male privilege, as a barrier to women’s leadership. Utilising detailed interviews with women environmentalists, together with feminist, sociological and social movement theory, while considering the historic context of Red Vienna and contemporary political challenges (Brexit, Monarchism etc.), she puts forward an innovative policy framework for an Australian Bill of Rights Act, Sustainable-Scientific Technological Development Initiatives and Republican Constitutional change. Plus, Dr Maleta has published in the Journal of International Women’s Studies, Journal of Sociology and Third Sector Review.