The Image of Women in the Discourse of Miracle and Religious Practices in Morocco

Volume |Issue 26| Autumn 2018 |Articles

Abstract

This paper interrogates the image of women in the discourse of religious and miracle practices in Morocco, using comparative data and field studies. This offers an opportunity to analyze its justificatory patriarchal logic, which over the course of history has been able to consolidate this picture as irrefutable in both the popular and the well-informed cultural context. Furthermore, this paper examines studies concerned with religiosity in Morocco have painted a picture of women far from committed to religious slogans and, by contrast, involved in magical acts and worship of tombs and shrines.

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عبد الهادي أعراب

Sociology professor at the College of Arts and Humanities, Université Chouaib Doukkali, El Jadida, Morocco. Completed his doctorate in sociology on the subject: The Faqih as a Village Institution: A Study in Changes to a Position and the Role of the Faqih al-Shart in Morocco, with a case study of Khouribga Province. College of Arts and Humanities, Université Mohammed V, Agdal, Rabat.

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