Exploring the important linkage between food and literature in Arabic culture Van Gelder (Arabic, U. of Oxford) examines a variety ofclassical Arabic texts, tracing the ways that discussions of food arise in pieces such as the Koran, pre-Islamic poetry, and the Thousand and one Nights. He argues that food may act as a marker for many different things, including time, place, gender, character, or religion, and can be a metaphor, symbol, or allusion.
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Exploring the important linkage between food and literature in Arabic culture Van Gelder (Arabic, U. of Oxford) examines a variety ofclassical Arabic texts, tracing the ways that discussions of food arise in pieces such as the Koran, pre-Islamic poetry, and the Thousand and one Nights. He argues that food may act as a marker for many different things, including time, place, gender, character, or religion, and can be a metaphor, symbol, or allusion.
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Minor rubbing. Binding corner bumps. VG., dustwrapper. 22x14cm, vii, 178 pp. Contents: Early Poetry: Feeding as Good Breeding: Food & Glory; The Qasida or 'Ode'; The Qit'a or Short Poem; Eating & the New Ethos: From Generously Abstaining to Pious Abstinence; Satiety & Sin; Adab, or the Text as a Banquet: Adab Anthologies; Dishes & Discourse: Food in Narrative & Poetry; Food for Satire & Parody: Cacophagy; Ibn Sudun's Sweet Nothings; Warring Edibles, High & Low: Ibn al-Hajjar's 'Delectable War'; From Faludhaj to Ful: Different Food for Different People; Peasant Fare: Al-Shirbini's 'The Nodding Noddles'; Alimentary Metaphors: Two Good Things: Food & Sex; Dreams Sweet & Savoury; Texts & Tastes.
