Bodies, Boundaries, and Spirit Possession

Moroccan Women and the Revision of Tradition

Bodies, Boundaries, and Spirit Possession
Margaret Rausch
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27 Oct 2021 GE
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9783933127464
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The social structures of Moroccan society have been changing in accordance with western models at an ever-growing rate. The role of Islam in sharing the burden of these changes and in narrowing the ever-expanding gap between modernity and tradition is exemplified by the folk-Islamic spirit possession practices presented in this study. By adjusting their vocation to ongoing processes of commercialization and professionalization and to the changing needs and expectations of their female clientele, traditional women seers have increasingly taken on the therapeutic task of helping women to resolve the growing number of inner and interpersonal conflicts in their daily lives.
[Rausch' s] work contributes importantly to the conversations about contemporary performances of religious and gendered identities, and will find use in undergraduate and introductory courses in Anthropology, Religious Studies and Middle East and North African Studies. --Deborah Kapchan "MESA Buelletin, 42/1&2 (2008) "
Margaret Rausch teaches at the Freie Universitat, Berlin, specializing in the areas of folk-Islam, Islamism and women.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9783933127464
Published: 27 Oct 2021
Published In: Germany
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Publisher: Transcript Verlag
Format: Paperback
Height: 8mm
Width: 5mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 969g
Pages: 276

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