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Health and ritual in Morocco : Conceptions of the Body and Healing Practices

Title
  1. Health and ritual in Morocco : Conceptions of the Body and Healing Practices / by Josep Lluis Mateo Dieste ; translated by Martin Beagles.
Published by
  1. LEIDEN ; BOSTON : BRILL, 2013.
Author
  1. Mateo Dieste, Josep Lluís, 1968-

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Description
  1. vi, 366 pages; 25 cm
Summary
  1. "In Health and Ritual in Morocco, Josep Lluis Mateo Dieste analyzes the many notions of the body that appear in various Moroccan medical and religious systems. Viewing these issues from anthropological and historical perspectives to the development of Islamic medicine in Morocco, this study highlights the elements of power that define these representations and practices. Mateo Dieste shows that most of the healing rituals challenge the strict division between physical and mental afflictions. Health and Ritual in Morocco provides a valuable structure for understanding Moroccan conceptions of the person, rites of passage, gender differences, and reproductive practices. It offers insights into the weight of the notions of impurity and purification of the body in the daily life of the contemporary Moroccan population."--Publisher's website.
Series statement
  1. Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 109
Uniform title
  1. Salud y ritual en Marruecos. English
  2. Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 109.
Alternative title
  1. Salud y ritual en Marruecos.
Subject
  1. Human body > Social aspects > Morocco
  2. Human body > Religious aspects > Islam
  3. Traditional medicine > Morocco
  4. Medicine > Religious aspects > Islam
  5. Moroccans > Health and hygiene
  6. Moroccans > Medical care
  7. Moroccans > Rites and ceremonies
  8. Religion and Medicine
Contents
  1. Notions of the Person -- Purity and Impurity: What Enters and Leaves the Body -- The Body of the Rite: Gender and Social Ages -- Plural Notions of Illness and Treatment -- Among the jnun: Possessions, Magic and Psychosomatic Affflictions -- Sexuality and Reproduction.
Call number
  1. JFE 16-3593
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-359) and index.
Author
  1. Mateo Dieste, Josep Lluís, 1968- author.
Title
  1. Health and ritual in Morocco : Conceptions of the Body and Healing Practices / by Josep Lluis Mateo Dieste ; translated by Martin Beagles.
Publisher
  1. LEIDEN ; BOSTON : BRILL, 2013.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 109
  2. Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 109.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-359) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2012031960
ISBN
  1. 9789004232860 (hardback ; alk. paper)
  2. 9004232869 (hardback ; alk. paper)
  3. 9789004234482 (e-book)
  4. 9004234489 (e-book)
Research call number
  1. JFE 16-3593
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