Aqua vitae - Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Production and Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans
Abstract
The paper addresses the beginning of brandy distillation in the Ottoman Balkan, the transfer of technology, commerce and taxation, as well as patterns of consumption. Those patterns include rules of alcohol production, distribution and use according to religion, class and gender, i.e. restrictions and their transgressions. Linguistic, documentary and narrative sources are deployed in building a multifaceted picture. Production of various spirits, foremost plum brandy in the Ottoman Balkans, and the usage of alcohol drinks could be viewed as an area where private and public, official and clandestine, permitted and forbidden mixed and coexisted, and influenced Ottoman political and religious system.
Keywords:
trade / sljivovica / Ottoman Empire / distillation / brandy / 16th to 19th centuriesSource:
Etnoantropološki problemi, 2017, 12, 4, 1309-1328Publisher:
- Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd
Funding / projects:
- Christian culture in the Balkans in the Middle Ages: Byzantine Empire, the Serbs and the Bulgarians from the 9th to the 15th century (RS-177015)
- Settlements and Population of the Serbian Lands in the Late Middle Ages (14th-15th Century) (RS-177010)
Institution/Community
Istorija / HistoryTY - JOUR AU - Mrgić, Jelena PY - 2017 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2379 AB - The paper addresses the beginning of brandy distillation in the Ottoman Balkan, the transfer of technology, commerce and taxation, as well as patterns of consumption. Those patterns include rules of alcohol production, distribution and use according to religion, class and gender, i.e. restrictions and their transgressions. Linguistic, documentary and narrative sources are deployed in building a multifaceted picture. Production of various spirits, foremost plum brandy in the Ottoman Balkans, and the usage of alcohol drinks could be viewed as an area where private and public, official and clandestine, permitted and forbidden mixed and coexisted, and influenced Ottoman political and religious system. PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd T2 - Etnoantropološki problemi T1 - Aqua vitae - Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Production and Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans EP - 1328 IS - 4 SP - 1309 VL - 12 DO - 10.21301/eap.v12i4.14 ER -
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Mrgić, J.. (2017). Aqua vitae - Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Production and Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans. in Etnoantropološki problemi Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd., 12(4), 1309-1328. https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v12i4.14
Mrgić J. Aqua vitae - Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Production and Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans. in Etnoantropološki problemi. 2017;12(4):1309-1328. doi:10.21301/eap.v12i4.14 .
Mrgić, Jelena, "Aqua vitae - Notes on Geographies of Alcohol Production and Consumption in the Ottoman Balkans" in Etnoantropološki problemi, 12, no. 4 (2017):1309-1328, https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v12i4.14 . .