Abraham''s Luggage - A Social Life of Things in the Medieval Indian Ocean World

From a single merchant's list of baggage begins a history that explores the dynamic world of the medieval Indian Ocean.

List of contents

1. Introduction. A list of luggage from the Indian Ocean world; 2. From Ifriqiya to Malibarat - introducing Abraham Ben Yiju; Part I. A Mediterranean Society in Malibarat: 3. Making homes and friends: on shopping and ¿üba; 4. Making a meal of it: on food cultures; 5. A Jewish home: on ritual foods; Part II. A Mediterranean Society at Sea: 6. The 'simple' bare necessities: on water and rice; 7. 'Things for the cabin': inhabiting the Ocean; 8. The balanced body: on vinegar and other sour foods; 9. From Malibarat to Misr and beyond - afterlives; Appendix: Abraham's list of luggage.

About the author

Elizabeth A. Lambourn is a historian of South Asia and the Indian Ocean world, specializing in cultural exchanges with the Middle East before 1500. She is Reader (Associate Professor) in South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies at De Montfort University, Leicester.

Summary

A single, unique document - a list of one merchant's baggage - is the starting point used to bring to life the twelfth-century Indian Ocean. Drawing connections between material culture, foodstuffs and the construction of identity, Lambourn examines notions of home and mobility at a key moment in world history.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Lambourn, Elizabeth (De Montfort University Lambourn, Elizabeth A. Lambourn, Elizabeth A. (De Montfort University Lambourn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781107173880
• ISBN: 978-1-107-17388-0
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Asian Connections; Asian Connections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, CE period up to c 1500, Archaeology, Middle Eastern history, Asian History, History and Archaeology, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE