Considers how Arab and Islamic culinary culture may be represented in literary forms. Scholars of the medieval Islamic period are keenly aware of the importance of food and wine as themes in literature. Van Gelder's witty and subtle approach teases...
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Considers how Arab and Islamic culinary culture may be represented in literary forms. Scholars of the medieval Islamic period are keenly aware of the importance of food and wine as themes in literature. Van Gelder's witty and subtle approach teases the most out of texts as well as enabling the reader to enjoy a panorama of medieval Arabo-Islamic culture from a most unexpected, yet immediately appreciable, perspective
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter I - Introduction; Chapter II - Early Poetry: Feeding as Good Breeding; 1. Food and Glory; 2. The Qasīda or 'Ode'; 3. The Qitca or Short Poem; Chapter III - Eating and the New Ethos; 1. From Generously Abstaining to Pious Abstinence; 2. Satiety and Sin; Chapter IV - Adab, or the Text as a Banquet; 1. Adab Anthologies; 2. Dishes and Discourse: Food in Narrative and Poetry; 3. Food and Filth in al-Azdī's A Day in the Life of Abū l-Qāsim; Chapter V - Food for Satire and Parody; 1. Cacophagy
2. Ibn Sūdūn's Sweet Nothings3. Warring Edibles, High and Low: Ibn al-Hajjār's Delectable War; 4. From Falūdhaj to Fūl: Different Food for Different People; 5. Peasant Fare: al-Shirbīnī's The Nodding Noddles; Chapter VI - Alimentary Metaphors; 1. Two Good Things: Food and Sex; 2. Dreams Sweet and Savoury; 3. Texts and Tastes; Notes; Bibliography; Index
