TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mateo Dieste,Josep Lluis
TI  - Health and ritual in Morocco: conceptions of the body and healing practices 
T2  - Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia
SN  - 9789004234482
AV  - GT497.M7 M3713 2013eb
U1  - 306.4/610964 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Human body
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Morocco
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Traditional medicine
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Moroccans
KW  - Health and hygiene
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Rites and ceremonies
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
N1  - 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; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004234482
ER  -