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Voices of the Ritual

By Nurit Stadler

Voices of the Ritual Social Sciences

Voices of the Ritual

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Voices of the Ritual analyzes the revival of rituals performed at female saint shrines in the Middle East. In the midst of turbulent political contention over land and borders, Nurit Stadler shows, religious minorities lay claim to space through rituals enacted at sacred spaces in the Holy Land. Using ethnographic analysis, Stadler explores the rise of these rituals, their focus on the body, female materiality, and their place in the Israeli-Palestinian landscape. Stadler examines the varied features of the practice and implications of the rituals, looking at themes of femininity and material experience. She considers the role of the body in rituals that represent the act of birth or the circle of life and that aim to foster an intimate connection between the female saint and her worshippers. Stadler underscores the political, cultural, and spatial elements of this practice, bringing attention to how religious minorities (Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Druze, among others) have utilized these rituals to assert their right to the land. Voices of the Ritual offers a valuable assessment of religious ritual practice that encrypts female themes into a landscape that has historically been defined by war and conflict.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
218
Release Date:
2020-06-02
Publication Date:
2020-06-02
Publisher:
OXFORD UNIV PR
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0197501303
ISBN13:
9780197501306
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
496 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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