Voices of the ritual : devotion to female saints and shrines in the Holy Land

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Voices of the ritual : devotion to female saints and shrines in the Holy Land

Title remainder

devotion to female saints and shrines in the Holy Land

Statement of responsibility

Nurit Stadler

Creator

• Stadler, Nurit

Subject

• Palestine -- Religious life and customs
• Rites and ceremonies -- Palestine
• Human body -- Religious aspects
• Women saints -- Cult -- Palestine
• Sacred space -- Palestine

Language

eng

Summary

Voices of the Ritual analyzes the revival of and manifestation of rituals at female saint shrines in the Holy Land. In the Middle East, a turbulent, often violent place, states tend to have no clear physical borders, and lands are constantly in flux. Here, groups with no voice in the political, cultural, media, and legal arenas look for alternative venues to voice their entitlements. Members of religious minorities employ rituals in various sacred places to claim their belonging to and appropriation of territory. What does this female ritualistic revival mean-politically, culturally, and spatially? The author bases her analysis on a long ethnographic study (2003-2017) that analyzes the rise of female sacred shrines.--

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• Oxford ritual studies

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

• Oxford scholarship online.
• Oxford ritual studies

Target audience

specialized