Food and Foodways of Medieval Cairenes

Aspects of Life in an Islamic Metropolis of the Eastern Mediterranean
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-19472-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 88, 626 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1172 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

This is a pioneering study which analyzes the food cultures of medieval Cairenes on the basis of a large corpus of historical texts in Arabic. Individual chapters discuss what, why, and how the inhabitants of medieval Cairo ate what they did, and in which ways food shaped their everyday lives. Given the complex nature of “food” and “foodways” as areas of research, the book covers such diverse subjects as the genesis of the culinary culture of Egypt’s capital and various practices related to food and eating. This monograph also considers several relevant social, political and economic circumstances in medieval Cairo, studying food culture in its broader context.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in history of daily life, history of the Near East and Mediterranean, medievists, social historians, ethno-historians, food historians and Arabists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewicka, Paulina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Leben & Praxis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introductory Essay: Medieval Cairo and its Inhabitants
Survey of the Sources for the Study of the Medieval Cairene Food Culture

PART I. ON FOOD
Chapter I. The Cairene Menu: Genesis
Chapter II. The Cairene Menu: Ingredients, Products, and Preparations

PART II. ON EATING
Chapter III. The Place to Eat
Chapter IV. Sharing the Table

PART III. ON BEVERAGES AND DRINKING
Chapter V. Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter VI. Alcohol and Its Consumption in Medieval Cairo

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Primary Arabic sources: texts and translations
Non-Arabic primary sources: texts and translations
Secondary literature

Über Autor(innen)

Lewicka, Paulina
Paulina B. Lewicka, Ph.D. (2000) in Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Warsaw, teaches at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw. She has published extensively on history and social history of the medieval Near East, particularly of the Mamluk era.

Paulina B. Lewicka, PhD (2000) in Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Warsaw, is a professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw. Her research focuses on various aspects of the cultural and social history of the medieval Middle East and, more particularly, the Mamluk and the early Ottoman period, such as interfaith and gender relations, foodways and the medical cultures of Egypt and Syria, including self-treatment manuals in the Arabic language as sources for the study of the social and cultural contexts of the art of medicine in premodern Egypt.