De-orientalising Ritual Blood

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Campo DC	Valore
dc.identifier	ECF_article_1468
dc.title	De-orientalising Ritual Blood. Calabria’s Vattienti, a Case Study
dc.contributor.author	Loi Simona
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2018/1supplement/de-orientalising-ritual-blood/
dc.description.abstract	This article uses affect theory to redefine the flagellation rituals performed by the vattienti and to relate them to the Šīʿa celebrations of Āšūrā in Lebanon. The term ‘vattienti’ designates the flagellants of a small village situated in Calabria (Southern Italy), who perform their rituals during the last days of the Holy Week, while Āšūrā indicates the mournful ceremonies dedicated to the martyr Ḥusayn. The paper argues that the two rites create specific affective atmospheres, and that the comparative analysis of these atmospheres – especially in relation to the agency of the Italian and Lebanese performants – allows us to overcome representations of these rituals that are centred on primordial religious fanaticism. Agency, specifically, is considered here as the human capacity to act and to resist social structures. The methodologies used in this research are qualitative and, especially, ethnographic fieldworks, participant observations and in-depth interviews.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 54 \| Dicembre 2018
dc.issued	2018-12-06
dc.dateAccepted	2018-09-24
dc.dateSubmitted	2018-07-06
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2018/01/022
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Affective Atmosphere
dc.subject	Affective Atmosphere
dc.subject	Agency
dc.subject	Agency
dc.subject	Orientalism
dc.subject	Orientalism
dc.subject	Vattienti
dc.subject	Vattienti
dc.subject	ʿĀšūrāʾ
dc.subject	ʿĀšūrāʾ

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Calabria’s Vattienti, a Case Study

Simona Loi Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

This article uses affect theory to redefine the flagellation rituals performed by the vattienti and to relate them to the Šīʿa celebrations of Āšūrā in Lebanon. The term ‘vattienti’ designates the flagellants of a small village situated in Calabria (Southern Italy), who perform their rituals during the last days of the Holy Week, while Āšūrā indicates the mournful ceremonies dedicated to the martyr Ḥusayn. The paper argues that the two rites create specific affective atmospheres, and that the comparative analysis of these atmospheres – especially in relation to the agency of the Italian and Lebanese performants – allows us to overcome representations of these rituals that are centred on primordial religious fanaticism. Agency, specifically, is considered here as the human capacity to act and to resist social structures. The methodologies used in this research are qualitative and, especially, ethnographic fieldworks, participant observations and in-depth interviews.

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06 Dicembre 2018

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24 Settembre 2018

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06 Luglio 2018

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Keywords: ʿĀšūrāʾ • Affective Atmosphere • Vattienti • Orientalism • Agency

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