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.
- ISBN10 0231119488
- ISBN13 9780231119481
- Publish Date 2 December 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 October 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Columbia University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 186
- Language English