The Victim and its Masks: An Essay on Sacrifice and Masquerade in the Maghreb
Author:   Abdellah Hammoudi (University of Princeton) ,  Paula Wissing
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Edition:   2nd ed.
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9780226315263


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 November 1993
Format:   Paperback
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The Victim and its Masks: An Essay on Sacrifice and Masquerade in the Maghreb


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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.

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Author:   Abdellah Hammoudi (University of Princeton) ,  Paula Wissing
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Edition:   2nd ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 1.70cm , Height: 0.10cm , Length: 2.30cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780226315263


ISBN 10:   0226315266
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 November 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Abdellah Hammoudi is professor of anthropology and Near Eastern studies at Princeton University.

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