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).

• Acknowledgements 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 jnun: Possessions, Magic and Psychosomatic Affflictions 6. Sexuality and Reproduction Conclusions Glossary Bibliography Index

"... a solid contribution to literature on the anthropology of health and the body in Morocco.""The book is thoroughly researched and well referenced."Rachel Newcomb in IJMES 46.3 (2014), p. 615-616.

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).

• Acknowledgements 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 jnun: Possessions, Magic and Psychosomatic Affflictions 6. Sexuality and Reproduction Conclusions Glossary Bibliography Index

"... a solid contribution to literature on the anthropology of health and the body in Morocco.""The book is thoroughly researched and well referenced."Rachel Newcomb in IJMES 46.3 (2014), p. 615-616.

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).

• Acknowledgements 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 jnun: Possessions, Magic and Psychosomatic Affflictions 6. Sexuality and Reproduction Conclusions Glossary Bibliography Index

"... a solid contribution to literature on the anthropology of health and the body in Morocco.""The book is thoroughly researched and well referenced."Rachel Newcomb in IJMES 46.3 (2014), p. 615-616.