The Illusion of Reality and the Reality of Illusion: Staged Performance, Trickery, and Prestidigitation in Ritual
This article reflects on the role of staged and rehearsed performance, trickery, and prestidigitation in ritual, acts that many anthropologists have observed and registered in their ethnographic accounts but most often took to be fraud, and consequently were discarded from their analyses and interpr...
| Publié dans: | Journal of religion in Africa |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2021
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| Dans: |
Journal of religion in Africa
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Sansibar
/ Swahilis (Peuple)
/ Guérison
/ Rituel
/ Magie
/ Tromperie
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions AE Psychologie de la religion AG Vie religieuse BS Religions traditionnelles africaines KBN Afrique subsaharienne |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Swahilis
B Rituel B trickery B Healing B Sorcery |
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| Résumé: | This article reflects on the role of staged and rehearsed performance, trickery, and prestidigitation in ritual, acts that many anthropologists have observed and registered in their ethnographic accounts but most often took to be fraud, and consequently were discarded from their analyses and interpretations. The curative episode narrated here as a point of departure was intentionally arranged beforehand by the practitioners to make-believe. It is considered in the context of other deluding and simulative acts that are often engaged in healing ritualized behaviour to address several questions. Is deception an intrinsic property of ritual? Do these acts necessarily entail the judgment of true or false? How can they coexist peacefully in the healer’s mind with seriousness and conviction? |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0666 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340217 |