Bodies, Boundaries and Spirit Possession
：Maroccan Women and the Revision of Tradition
( Globaler lokaler Islam )
Publication subTitle ：Maroccan Women and the Revision of Tradition
Publication series ：Globaler lokaler Islam
Author： Rausch Margaret
Publisher： transcript-Verlag
Publication year： 2015
E-ISBN: 9783839400463
Subject： B9 Religion;C91 Sociology
Keyword： 文化人类学、社会人类学,宗教,社会学
Language： ENG
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Description
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.
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