Insatiable appetite: food as cultural signifier in the middle east and beyond / / Kirill Dmitriev, Julia Hauser, Bilal Orfali.

• Superior document: Krieg in der Geschichte; volume50
• Author: Brill Academic Publishers.
• TeilnehmendeR: Dmitriev, Kirill,; Hauser, Julia,; Orfali, Bilal,; Brill Academic Publishers.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Krieg in der Geschichte; volume50.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 362 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Food and Social Status -- Social Dining, Banqueting, and the Cultivation of a Coherent Social Identity /
• ISBN: 9004409556
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kirill Dmitriev, Julia Hauser, Bilal Orfali.

Insatiable Appetite: Food as Cultural Signifier in the Middle East and Beyond explores the cultural ramifications of food and foodways in the Mediterranean, and Arab-Muslim countries in particular. The volume addresses the cultural meanings of food from a wider chronological scope, from antiquity to present, adopting approaches from various disciplines, including classical Greek philology, Arabic literature, Islamic studies, anthropology, and history. The contributions to the book are structured around six thematic parts, ranging in focus from social status to religious prohibitions, gender issues, intoxicants, vegetarianism, and management of scarcity. Contributors are: Tarek Abu Hussein, Yasmin Amin, Kevin Blankinship, Tylor Brand, Kirill Dmitriev, Eric Dursteler, Anny Gaul, Julia Hauser, Christian Junge, Danilo Marino, Pedro Martins, Karen Moukheiber, Christian Saßmannshausen, Shaheed Tayob, and Lola Wilhelm.