TY  - BOOK
AU  - Erdoğan İşkorkutan,Sinem
TI  - The 1720 imperial circumcision celebrations in Istanbul: festivity and representation in the early eighteenth century 
T2  - The Ottoman Empire and its heritage,
SN  - 9789004437555
AV  - GN484 .E74 2021
U1  - 394.2694961/8 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Ahmed
KW  - Circumcision
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Istanbul
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Festivals
KW  - Management
KW  - Festivals in art
KW  - Religious life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- 1. Preparing the Festival -- 2. Staging the Festival -- 3. Representing the Festival -- Conclusions -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
N2  - "The 1720 Imperial Circumcision Celebrations in Istanbul offers the first holistic examination of an Ottoman public festival through an in-depth inquiry into different components of the 1720 event. Through a critical and combined analysis of the hitherto unknown archival sources along with the textual and pictorial narratives on the topic, the book vividly illustrates the festival's organizational details and preparations, its complex rites (related to consumption, exchange, competition), and its representation in court-commissioned illustrated festival books (sūrnāmes). To analyze all these phases in a holistic manner, the book employs an interdisciplinary approach by using the methodological tools of history, art history, and performance studies and thus, provides a new methodological and conceptual framework for the study of Ottoman celebrations"--
ER  -