Sacred Performances : : Islam, Sexuality, and Sacrifice / / M. E. Combs-Schilling.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Combs-Schilling, M. E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1989]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 1989
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Note on pronunciation --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Essentials --; 1. Argument --; 2. Prism --; Foundations --; 3. Muhammad --; 4. Death and debate --; Historical success and crisis --; 5. Islam and potent glory --; 6. Bubonic plague --; Interlude --; Cultural Survival --; 7. Sharifi resolution: the Sa'di blood descendants --; 8. Prophet's Birthday: light's truth --; 9. The 'Alawi blood descendants --; 10. First marriage --; 11. Bride's blood --; 12. Ram's blood: Great Sacrifice --; 13. Ibrahim myth --; 14. Metaphor --; 15. Sexuality and sacrifice --; Twentieth-century success --; 16. Colonial dichotomy --; 17. Body and soul --; Appendix A. Prophetic Blood Links: Patrilines Close to the Prophet and Political Inheritors --; Appendix B. Partial Genealogy of 'Alawi --; Notes --; Glossary --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231890045; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/comb92704
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: M. E. Combs-Schilling.

Looks at the monarchy of Morocco and its combination of paradox, dynamism and synthesis, and as a symbol of collective identity. Also studies the contribution of Islamic rituals to the stability of the Moroccan monarchy.