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Title:Consuming Eid Al-Adha : constructing and expressing the Muslim identity
Authors:ID Ahmed, Amar (Author)
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Language:English
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:Logo ZRS Koper - Science and Research Centre Koper
Abstract:There is a lacuna in ethnographic research with regards to Muslims’ identity construction and expression from an internal perspective. Eid Al-Adha is an Islam-ic holiday which is rich in symbolism, collective rituals, and spiritual and material abundance. The article will interpret the meanings and values that consumers of Eid Al-Adha construct as parts of their identity, mainly being the religious one. It will discuss how the holiday expresses significant Muslim values like collectiv-ism, submission to God, sacrifice, charity, patience, and sacredness. Moreover, it will explain possible differences in consumption reflecting particularism due to national and/or cultural identities. The paper furthers our understanding of what Muslims do and say during their consumption of the Day rather than referring to scriptures or scholars. It contributes to the body of knowledge of Muslim holidays, the meanings associated with them, and how celebrators utilize the symbolism within them to construct their identities.
Keywords:Muslims, identity, Eid Al-Adha, consumer culture theory, Islamic culture, cultural consumption, identity construction, identity expression
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:23.12.2020
Year of publishing:2020
Number of pages:str. 117-143
Numbering:Vol. 25 , no. 99/100
PID:20.500.12556/DiRROS-15107 New window
UDC:28:316.7
ISSN on article:1318-8828
DOI:10.35469/poligrafi.2020.228 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:108376067 New window
Copyright:ZRS Koper
Publication date in DiRROS:19.05.2022
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Title:Poligrafi. revija za religiologijo, mitologijo in filozofijo
Shortened title:Poligrafi
Publisher:Nova revija, Društvo za primerjalno religiologijo, Nova revija, Društvo za primerjalno religiologijo, Univerza na Primorskem, Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče, Univerzitetna založba Annales, Društvo za primerjalno religiologijo, Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče, Annales ZRS, Društvo za primerjalno religiologijo
ISSN:1318-8828
COBISS.SI-ID:59336192 New window

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Language:Slovenian
Abstract:V etnografskem raziskovanju se na področju študij oblikovanja in izražanja muslimanske identitete z notranjega gledišča kaže vrzel. Kurban bajram je islam-ski praznik, poln simbolike, kolektivnih obredov ter duhovnega in materialnega obilja. V članku so razloženi pomeni in vrednote, ki jih praznovalci kurban baj-rama kot potrošniki kulture oblikujejo kot del svoje, pretežno verske, identitete. Avtor preučuje, na kakšen način se skozi praznik izražajo pomembne muslimanske vrednote, kot so kolektivizem, pokorščina bogu, žrtvovanje, dobrodelnost, potr-pljenje in svetost, in ponudi razlago možnih razlik v potrošnji – partikularnosti, ki izvirajo iz nacionalnih in/ali kulturnih identitet. Članek pomaga bolje razumeti, kaj muslimani počnejo in govorijo med potrošnjo kurban bajrama, medtem ko se s svetimi spisi in učenjaki ne ukvarja. Avtor z njim prispeva k poglabljanju vedenja o muslimanskih praznikih in pomenih, ki so z njimi povezani, ter opisuje, kako praznovalci s pomočjo praznične simbolike izoblikujejo lastno identiteto.
Keywords:kurban bajram, potrošna kultura, islamska kultura, oblikovanje identitete, izražanje identitete


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