The Twenty-First-Century Reinvention of Carnival Rituals in Paris and Cherbourg: Extending the Boundaries of Belonging via Politicized Ritual

Details

Ressource 1Download: Salzbrunn_Journal_of_Festive_Studies_2020_02_01_Reinvention_Carnival_Rituals_Paris_Cherbourg_Boundaries_Belonging_50-Article Text-1084-4-10-20201208.pdf (410.09 [Ko])
State: Public
Version: Final published version
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Serval ID
serval:BIB_8BC6BF9C165E
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
The Twenty-First-Century Reinvention of Carnival Rituals in Paris and Cherbourg: Extending the Boundaries of Belonging via Politicized Ritual
Journal
Journal of Festive Studies
Author(s)
Salzbrunn Monika
Publication state
Published
Issued date
04/12/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
2
Number
1
Pages
105-127
Language
english
Abstract
Carnival as a research object has been studied from a multiplicity of perspectives: folklore studies, European ethnology, social and cultural anthropology, history, sociology, etc. Each of these disciplines has enriched the literature by focusing on different aspects of the event, such as its participatory nature, its transformative potential (at an individual or collective level), and its political dimension broadly conceived. The present article reviews this scholarship and uses it to analyze the contemporary Parisian Carnival, which has tried to revive the nineteenth-century Promenade du Boeuf Gras tradition on a local and translocal level through its creative collaboration with the carnival of Cherbourg, Normandy. I argue that, through satire and other politicized carnival rituals, the recent protagonists of Parisian Carnival (Les Fumantes de Pantruche) have reinvented the festivities and influenced Norman Carnival, thus extending the boundaries of belonging in both cities.
Keywords
Carnival, Boeuf Gras, Paris, Cherbourg, political anthropology, folklore studies
Open Access
Yes
Create date
26/05/2020 9:31
Last modification date
07/01/2021 7:09
Usage data