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2011
- handle: 10670/1.45mvbw
- hal: hal-01411366
- doi: 10.1080/02634937.2011.554065
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National identities culture wedding ritual TadjikistanCiter ce document
Sophie Roche et al., « Central Asian Survey Wedding rituals and the struggle over national identities », HAL-SHS : sociologie, ID : 10.1080/02634937.2011.554065
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This article argues that rituals are the creative link between state hegemony and the everyday practices of ordinary people. Based on the idea of ritual as experimental technology developed by the Comaroffs (1993), we analyse the Tajik wedding as a mean to deal creatively with the tension between the nation-state's claims to exert control over its citizens, on the one hand, and the use of traditions as historical continuity to create a common identity, on the other.Taking an historical perspective on weddings, this article contributes to the debate on the role of rituals in the creation and contestation of national identity and state ideologies.