Blood and the City Animal Representations and Urban (Dis)orders during the ‘Feast of the Sacrifice’ in Istanbul and Khartoum

Auteur: 

Alice Franck, Jean Gardin and Olivier Givre

Date de publication: 

29 Novembre 2016

Mots-clefs: 

  • animal death; Istanbul; Khartoum; sacrifice; urban space

Publié ici : 

30 Novembre 2016

Mis à jour le : 

13 Octobre 2017

Langue de publication: 

  • Anglais

Zone géographique: 

  • Moyen-Orient
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CEDEJ Khartoum is pleased to announce the following recent publication: Blood and the City Animal Representations and Urban (Dis)orders during the ‘Feast of the Sacrifice’ in Istanbul and Khartoum By Alice Franck, Jean Gardin and Olivier Givre Volume 11 / 2016, Anthropology of the Middle East 

Abstract :
Based on comparative fieldwork studies of the Muslim ‘Feast of the Sacrifice’, this article questions the places, shapes and stakes of ritual animal death in the urban space. The examples of Istanbul (Turkey) and Khartoum (Sudan) illustrate different but comparable perceptions, practices and management of a ritual event simultaneously associated with religious traditions and confronted with deep transformations in urbanised and globalised societies. Between ritual normalcy and controversial practice, sacrifice in the city is not reducible to a religious matter but addresses at once spatial, social and cultural issues, informed by economic and political stakes. Through a ritual performance and its manifold aspects, the article explores the multiple and evolving representations of the place and role of animals (and their death) in an urban context.

Published (Print): 01 Mar 2016
Article Type: Research Article in Volume 11 / 2016, Anthropology of the Middle East
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ame.2016.110108
Pages: 85–111

 

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