Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (16 Seiten)
Publ. der Quelle:
Oxford : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Angaben zur Quelle:
17,1, Seiten 52-67
DDC:
390
Keywords:
Sufism
;
food
;
taste
;
dhawq
;
gender
;
sexuality
;
Bräuche, Etikette, Folklore
;
Soziologie und Anthropologie
Abstract:
Attitudes toward food and eating are an often-neglected area of Sufi thought and practice. In this article, I analyze medieval Sufi food practices as a mode of piety. In doing so I focus on distinctions between pleasure and pain brought on by food consumption and abstention, and the gestures that accompany these experiences. By focusing on Sufism from the 11th-13th centuries CE, this article traces Sufi approaches to food through theoretical, practical, and hagiographical texts over time. I first detail the interconnection between the body and mystical experience in Sufi theory, before moving on to a discussion of more practical approaches to food consumption. I then consider Sufi narratives involving food and its connection to sex and gender before turning to questions of food habits and belonging. In doing so I intend to highlight how Sufi food practices played a significant role in embedding pious bodily habits within Sufi communities.
Abstract:
Peer Reviewed
DOI:
10.1080/17458927.2021.2020607
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-110-18452/28159-3
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