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Article: A Taste of Honey: Early Medieval Chinese Writings about Sweeteners
Title | A Taste of Honey: Early Medieval Chinese Writings about Sweeteners |
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Authors | |
Keywords | early medieval literature honey malt sugar manna sugarcane |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Citation | Early Medieval China, 2020, v. 2020, n. 26, p. 43-66 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper focuses on the small group of writings from the Wei-Jin period about different kinds of sweeteners used in food and drink. Apart from any question of literary merit in these writings, there is the issue of status: all sugars were expensive, and some were extremely rare, and to consume such a sugar was a potent sign of privilege. It is not surprising that all early medieval poems and prose about sweeteners focus on the sugars considered to be most prestigious: honey, manna, and sugarcane. These writings influenced later works on the same subject, and provide the earliest surviving descriptions of the importance of sugars in Chinese culture. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/313630 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.178 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Milburn, Olivia | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-23T01:18:48Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-23T01:18:48Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Early Medieval China, 2020, v. 2020, n. 26, p. 43-66 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1529-9104 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/313630 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper focuses on the small group of writings from the Wei-Jin period about different kinds of sweeteners used in food and drink. Apart from any question of literary merit in these writings, there is the issue of status: all sugars were expensive, and some were extremely rare, and to consume such a sugar was a potent sign of privilege. It is not surprising that all early medieval poems and prose about sweeteners focus on the sugars considered to be most prestigious: honey, manna, and sugarcane. These writings influenced later works on the same subject, and provide the earliest surviving descriptions of the importance of sugars in Chinese culture. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Early Medieval China | - |
dc.subject | early medieval literature | - |
dc.subject | honey | - |
dc.subject | malt sugar | - |
dc.subject | manna | - |
dc.subject | sugarcane | - |
dc.title | A Taste of Honey: Early Medieval Chinese Writings about Sweeteners | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/15299104.2020.1780740 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85090830494 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 26 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 43 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 66 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1946-7842 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000568853500004 | - |