Of Dishes and Discourse: Classical Arabic Literary Representations of Food by Geert Jan Van Gelder

Of Dishes and Discourse: Classical Arabic Literary Representations of Food

Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures

Geert Jan Van Gelder

178 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction literary informative reflective medium-paced
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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 tease...

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