Medicine and the Saints – Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco…

Medicine and the SaintsScience, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, 1877-1956\nAuthor(s): Ellen J. Amster, Rajae El Aoued\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9780292762114, 978-0292762114\nSynopsis\nThe colonial encounter between France and Morocco took place not only in the political realm but also in the realm of medicine. Because the body politic and the physical body are intimately linked, French efforts to colonize Morocco took place in and through the body. Starting from this original premise, Medicine and the Saints traces a history of colonial embodiment in Morocco through a series of medical encounters between the Islamic sultanate of Morocco and the Republic of France from 1877 to 1956.\n\nDrawing on a wealth of primary sources in both French and Arabic, Ellen Amster investigates the positivist ambitions of French colonial doctors, sociologists, philologists, and historians; the soci.