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The 1720 imperial circumcision celebrations in Istanbul : festivity and representation in the early eighteenth century / by Sinem Erdoğan İşkorkutan.

By: Erdoğan İşkorkutan, Sinem [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: The Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; 71Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]Description: xvii, 294 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789004437555Subject(s): Ahmed III, Sultan of the Turks, 1673-1736 | Circumcision -- Turkey -- Istanbul | Circumcision -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Festivals -- Turkey -- Istanbul | Festivals -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- Management | Festivals in art | Turkey -- Religious life and customsAdditional physical formats: Online version:: The 1720 imperial circumcision celebrations in IstanbulDDC classification: 394.2694961/8 LOC classification: GN484 | .E74 2021
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. Preparing the Festival -- 2. Staging the Festival -- 3. Representing the Festival -- Conclusions -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 62 - Reading Room
H2n ERDOĞ 32750 Not for loan BOOKS-000000025976

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1. Preparing the Festival -- 2. Staging the Festival -- 3. Representing the Festival -- Conclusions -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.