Wine Culture in Iran and Beyond

edited by Bert G. Fragner, Ralph Kauz and Florian Schwarz

Book cover: Wine Culture in Iran and Beyond

Extent: 347 pages

Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

Subjects: Cultural Studies, Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies

Series: Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Klasse

Series volume number: 852

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2014)

ISBN: 9783700175544

Price: $66.00

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Starting from important new archaeological findings and insights that have led to a rethinking of the history of viticulture in Iran and its wider Asian context, this volume explores various aspects of the cultural, social and political significance of grape wine in the Iranian cultural sphere. It assembles specialized studies and interpretative essays ranging from the question of the origins of viticulture and winemaking and the trade of wine between the Iranian plateau and China to viticulture and wine consumption in 20th-century Kafiristan, from the place of intoxicating beverages in hadith to the nature and function of wine in classical Persian poetry and Iranian architecture, from the ambiguities of alcohol in pre-modern Persia to the challenges of modernity and colonial encounters.

  • Edited by Bert G Fragner
  • Edited by Ralph Kauz
  • Edited by Florian Schwarz