{"product_id":"the-1720-imperial-circumcision-celebrations-in-istanbul-festivity-and-representation-in-the-early-eighteenth-century-9789004437555","title":"The 1720 Imperial Circumcision Celebrations in Istanbul: Festivity and Representation in the Early Eighteenth Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 1720 Imperial Circumcision Celebrations in Istanbul offers the first holistic examination of an Ottoman public festival through an in-depth inquiry into different components of the 1720 event. Through a critical and combined analysis of the hitherto unknown archival sources along with the textual and pictorial narratives on the topic, the book vividly illustrates the festival’s organizational details and preparations, its complex rites (related to consumption, exchange, competition), and its representation in court-commissioned illustrated festival books (sūrnāmes).   To analyze all these phases in a holistic manner, the book employs an interdisciplinary approach by using the methodological tools of history, art history, and performance studies and thus, provides a new methodological and conceptual framework for the study of Ottoman celebrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Note on Transliteration and Translation   Acknowledgments   List of Figures and Tables   Introduction   1The Reign of Ahmed III and the 1720 Festival   2Historiographical Framework   3Previous Research on Ottoman Festivals   4This Book   1Preparing the Festival   1In Search of Utensils   1.1Borrowing From Court Institutions and Purchasing From the Market   1.2Borrowing Utensils From Officials and City Dwellers   2Food Provisioning   3Making Nahils and Candy Gardens   3.1Officials, Merchants, and Craftsmen Working Together   4Registering the Names of Uncircumcised Boys and Performers   4.1Boys Registered for the Circumcision   4.2Performers Registered for the Festival   2Staging the Festival   1Food-Related Events   1.1Distribution of Food Allowances   1.2Donations Through Food   1.3“They Ate His Food, Drank His Sherbet”: Imperial Banquets   2Spectacles on Land and Sea   2.1Marvelous Shows Enacted   2.2Some Events as Performances   2.3Guild Parades   3Gifting   3.1Monetary Gifts to Attendants and Performers   3.2Robes of Honor to Dignitaries and Officials   3.3Providing Circumcision and Clothing for Boys   3.4A Piece of Jewelry or a Simple Candlestick: Obligatory Gifts Presented to the Sultan   3Representing the Festival   1Commissioning Process of the Illustrated Sūrnāmes   1.1Supervision of the Project   1.2Painters Working for the Illustrated Sūrnāmes   1.3The 1720 Festival Paintings in the Ottoman Book Painting Tradition   2Iconography and Image-Making   3Narrating the 1720 Festival in Imagery   3.1Serial Images of Processions and Guild Parades   3.2Narrating the Public Celebrations of the 1720 Festival in Imagery   Conclusions   Selected Bibliography   Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210806944087,"sku":"9789004437555","price":115.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-1720-imperial-circumcision-celebrations-in-istanbul-festivity-and-representation-in-the-early-eighteenth-century-9789004437555","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}