The Victim and its Masks: An Essay on Sacrifice and Masquerade in the Maghreb
Author(s)
Hammoudi, Abdellah
Hammoudi, Abdellah
Each year, in a solemn Sunni Muslim feast, the Ait Mizane of southern Morocco reenact the story of Abraham as a ritual sacrifice, a symbolic observance of their submission to the divine. After this sober ceremony comes a bacchanalian masquerade which seems to violate every principle the sacrifice affirmed. Because of the apparent contradiction between sacrifice and masquerade, observers have described the two as entirely separate events. This book reunites them as a single ritual process within Islamic tradition.
Keywords
Africa - African Peoples - North, General & Miscellaneous Islam, Africa - Social Conditions, Morocco - History
Africa - African Peoples - North, General & Miscellaneous Islam, Africa - Social Conditions, Morocco - History
| Name in long format: | The Victim and its Masks: An Essay on Sacrifice and Masquerade in the Maghreb |
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| ISBN-10: | 0226315266 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780226315263 |
| Book pages: | 216 |
| Book language: | en |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Dimensions: | Height: 9 Inches, Length: 6 Inches, Weight: 0.7495716908 Pounds, Width: 0.6 Inches |
