Foodways in Southern Oman / Marielle Risse.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2021Copyright date: © 2021Description: xviii, 197 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780367859558
  • 0367859556
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Foodways in Southern OmanDDC classification:
  • 641.595353 23
LOC classification:
  • GN407 .R57 2021
Contents:
Culture, research and methodology -- Procuring foodstuffs: Raising, herding, catching, receiving and buying food and geography/land use -- Cooking -- Special meals and special foods -- Eating and location -- Lifestages, power and gender -- Purity, privacy and danger -- Generosity -- Changes in foodways.
Summary: "Foodways in Southern Oman examines the objects, practices and beliefs relating to producing, obtaining, cooking, eating and disposing of food in the Dhofar region of southern Oman. The chapters consider food preparation, who makes what kind of food, and how and when meals are eaten. Marielle Risse connects what is consumed to themes such as land usage, gender, age, purity, privacy and generosity. She also discusses how foodways are related to issues of morality, safety, religion, and tourism. The volume is a result of fourteen years of collecting data and insights in Dhofar, covering topics such as catching fish, herding camels, growing fruits, designing kitchens, cooking meals and setting leftovers out for animals. It will be of interest to scholars from a range of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, food studies, Middle Eastern studies and Islamic studies"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Foodways in Southern Oman examines the objects, practices and beliefs relating to producing, obtaining, cooking, eating and disposing of food in the Dhofar region of southern Oman. The chapters consider food preparation, who makes what kind of food, and how and when meals are eaten. Marielle Risse connects what is consumed to themes such as land usage, gender, age, purity, privacy and generosity. She also discusses how foodways are related to issues of morality, safety, religion, and tourism. The volume is a result of fourteen years of collecting data and insights in Dhofar, covering topics such as catching fish, herding camels, growing fruits, designing kitchens, cooking meals and setting leftovers out for animals. It will be of interest to scholars from a range of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, food studies, Middle Eastern studies and Islamic studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Culture, research and methodology -- Procuring foodstuffs: Raising, herding, catching, receiving and buying food and geography/land use -- Cooking -- Special meals and special foods -- Eating and location -- Lifestages, power and gender -- Purity, privacy and danger -- Generosity -- Changes in foodways.