Twenty-First-Century Reinvention of Carnival Rituals in Paris and Cherbourg
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 partic...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9ce877fe2a034e4e856efff1f741eef92025-08-20T03:07:35ZengH-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences OnlineJournal of Festive Studies2641-99392020-11-012110512710.33823/jfs.2020.2.1.5020Twenty-First-Century Reinvention of Carnival Rituals in Paris and CherbourgMonika Salzbrunn0University of LausanneCarnival 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.https://journals.h-net.org/jfs/article/view/50carnivalboeuf grasparischerbourgpolitical anthropologyfolklore studies |
| spellingShingle | Monika Salzbrunn Twenty-First-Century Reinvention of Carnival Rituals in Paris and Cherbourg Journal of Festive Studies carnival boeuf gras paris cherbourg political anthropology folklore studies |
| title | Twenty-First-Century Reinvention of Carnival Rituals in Paris and Cherbourg |
| title_full | Twenty-First-Century Reinvention of Carnival Rituals in Paris and Cherbourg |
| title_fullStr | Twenty-First-Century Reinvention of Carnival Rituals in Paris and Cherbourg |
| title_full_unstemmed | Twenty-First-Century Reinvention of Carnival Rituals in Paris and Cherbourg |
| title_short | Twenty-First-Century Reinvention of Carnival Rituals in Paris and Cherbourg |
| title_sort | twenty first century reinvention of carnival rituals in paris and cherbourg |
| topic | carnival boeuf gras paris cherbourg political anthropology folklore studies |
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