Health and Ritual in Morocco: Conceptions of the Body and Healing Practices - Couverture rigide

Mateo Dieste, Josep Lluís

 
9789004232860: Health and Ritual in Morocco: Conceptions of the Body and Healing Practices
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9004232869 ISBN 13 : 9789004232860
Editeur : Brill, 2012

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste, Ph.D. (2002), European University Institute (Florence), is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He has published numerous books and articles on Morocco, including La "hermandad" hispano-marroquí (Edicions Bellaterra, 2003).

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004232869
ISBN 13 
9789004232860
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
376
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Personne responsable
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