Purity, Soul Food, and Sunni Islam: Explorations at the Intersection of Consumption and Resistance

doi:10.4324/9781315881065-15

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Purity, Soul Food, and Sunni Islam: Explorations at the Intersection of Consumption and Resistance

ABSTRACT

No other fundamental aspect of our behavior as a species except sexuality is so encumbered by ideas as eating; the entanglements of food with religion, with both belief and sociality, are particularly striking.