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Health and Ritual in Morocco: Conceptions of the Body and Healing Practices by Josep Lluis Mateo Dieste (Hardback, 2012)

In Health and Ritual in Morocco, Josep Lluis Mateo Dieste analyzes the many tions 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 tions of impurity and purification of the body in the daily life of the contemporary Moroccan population.

Place of Publication
Leiden
Series Part/Volume Number
109
Series Title
Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia
Content Note
Illustrations
Author Biography
Josep Lluis Mateo Dieste, Ph.D. (2002), European University Institute (Florence), is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. He has published numerous books and articles on Morocco, including La hermandad hispano-marroqui (Edicions Bellaterra, 2003).
Date of Publication
01/10/2012
Genre
Sociology & Anthropology: Professional
Country of Publication
Netherlands

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