Le Carême et le Ramadan : recréer le corps. Un cas libanais

To bring into accord the body with the requirements of the sacred in order to enhance a religious fervour of great intensity is the aim of Lent and of Ramadan. New norms are set. They draw their legitimacy from a corpus of symbols based, for Lent, on the colour and taste of food, the desire for natu...

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Main Author: Aïda Kanafani-Zahar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2006-11-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/2988
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title Le Carême et le Ramadan : recréer le corps. Un cas libanais
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