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The Victim and its Masks
- An Essay on Sacrifice and Masquerade in the Maghreb
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 216
- Published:
- October 31, 1993
- Dimensions:
- 230x152x16 mm.
- Weight:
- 362 g.
Delivery:
2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 20, 2024
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
About Abdellah (University of Princeton) Hammoudi
View all books by Abdellah (University of Princeton) HammoudiDescription of The Victim and its Masks
The Ait Mazine of northern Morocco reenact the story of Abraham as a ritual sacrifice, a symbolic observance of submission to the divine. After comes a bacchanalian masquerade which seems to violate every principle the sacrifice affirmed. This study reunites them as a single ritual process.
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