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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.
Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.
This book provides a comprehensive introduction, which focuses on Morocco's history, provides a helpful synopsis of the kingdom, and is supplemented with a useful chronology of major events. Hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on former rulers, current leaders, ancient capitals, significant locations, influential institutions, and crucial aspects of the economy, society, culture and religion form the core of the book. A bibliography of sources is included to promote further more specialized study.
A historical reference work on Morocco must take as its subject al-maghrib al-aqsa (the far west) as the Arabic scholars have generally referred to the approximate region of present-day Morocco, roughly the north-west corner of Africa but at times including much of the Iberian peninsula, because the modern nation-state is a relatively recent creation owing much to events in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. External influences on Morocco tend to come across the narrow straits of Gibraltar to the north, from the east along the Mediterranean litoral, or up from the Sahara. In each case, access is constrained by geography and continued control from outside the region has been difficult to...
This Bibliography Brings Together A Rather Diffused Literature From Many Different Disciplines In Order To Provide A Research Tool For Scholars Interested In The Subject. The Area Covered Is Most Of The Islamic World, Although The Concentration Is On The Core Area Of The Middle East And North Africa. The Bibliography Focuses On Western Language Literature, Esp. English, German, French And To A Lesser Extent Spanish. Coverboard Slightly Wornout, Spine Has A Very Minor Tear, Text Absolutely Clean, Condition Good.
Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.
« Quand al-Wardi m’avait rendu visite l’autre soir, il m’a raconté une scène où l’on voit le Dr Lamine pleurer, ce qui est fort inattendu pour un zaïm. L’intellecto-zaïm avait demandé des précisions au sujet de Lazhar Cheriet. Et quand al-Wardi lui eut raconté la fin du héros, abattu par les acolytes de A. R., le zaïm — paraît-il — s’est mis à pleurer. Ce qui m’intéresse, ce n’est pas ses larmes ou son émotivité, mais l’ignorance qu’ils cachent ! Car comment se fait-il que ce zaïm ignore ce que tout le monde sait, même les simples étudiants, à savoir que Lazhar Cheriet a été exécuté par les mêmes mains qui ont exécuté Ben Boulaïd, Laghrour,...
Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.