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

In Health and Ritual in Morocco, J. L. Mateo Dieste analyzes the many notions of the body in contemporary Morocco and shows how a rich universe of healing systems and rituals conforms to social and historical power relationships.

About the author

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).

Product details

• Authors: Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2012
• EAN: 9789004232860
• ISBN: 978-90-04-23286-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 717 g
• Series: Social, Economic and Political
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology