IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 320: Food, Feasting, and Famine in the Islamic World, II
Monday 4 July 2016, 16.30-18.00
Organiser: | Ann R. Christys, Independent Scholar, Leeds |
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Moderator/Chair: | Arezou Azad, School of History & Cultures, University of Birmingham |
Paper 320-a | Dining Culture at the Ghaznevid Court, 1030-1041 (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Social History |
Paper 320-b | Food Insecurity: Famine on the Darb Zubayda (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Social History |
Paper 320-c | Cultures and Cuisine during the Crusader Period: An Exploration of Foodways in the Levant (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Crusades, Daily Life |
Abstract | The theme of feasting in Islamic court culture continues in a paper on the Ghaznevids of the 11th century. The precarious situation of less fortunate members of society is described in a study of the famine that resulted when Iraqis stopped performing the hajj in the 3rd/9th centuries. The third paper explores food production and consumption in complicated society of the Frankish states of the Latin East, examining how individuals from various backgrounds constructed identity in everyday life through diet. |