Title from PDF title page (viewed on Nov. 7, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste and Martin Beagles -- Introduction -- 1. Notions of the Person -- 2. Purity and Impurity: What Enters and Leaves the Body -- 3. The Body of the Rite: Gender and Social Ages -- 4. Plural Notions of Illness and Treatment -- 5. Among the jnûn: Possessions, Magic and Psychosomatic Afflictions -- 6. Sexuality and Reproduction -- Conclusions / Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste and Martin Beagles -- Glossary / Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste and Martin Beagles -- Bibliography / Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste and Martin Beagles -- Index / Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste and Martin Beagles.

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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.