Anthropology in Morocco

Anthropology in Morocco is the history, themes, and publications of ethnography and fieldwork conducted in the country.

Many scholars conducted their fieldwork in Morocco and "published monographs that put the country in the center of anthropological debates on the nature of fieldwork (Dwyer 1982; Rabinow 1977), ethnographic writing (Crapanzano 1980; Munson 1984), and Islam (Eickelman 1976; Geertz 1968; Gellner 1981a)."^[1]

History

Early writing about Moroccan culture came from travel memoirs of Europeans who went to Morocco on diplomatic or colonial or religious missions.

Many anthropologists started their interest in Morocco through the US Peace Corps program.^[2]

Later a e, written by Carleton Coon, an OSS agent turned Harvard anthropologist wrote his memoirs,

In the 1960s, Clifford Geertz and Hildred Geertz along with their students lived in Sefrou, Morocco near the Atlas Mountains.^[3]

Anthropology as a Discipline

Within Morocco, anthropology is rarely taught as a field of study. Many students within Morocco study culture through the discipline of sociology.

Notable Anthropologists

Aomar Boum^[4]^[5]
Jacque Berque
Vincent Crapanzano
Kevin Dwyer^[6]^[7]
Dale F. Eickleman^[8]
David Montgomery Hart^[9]^[10]
Clifford Geertz
Ernest Gellner
Deborah Kapchan
Fatima Mernissi
Rachel Newcomb^[11]^[12]
Susan Ossman^[13]^[14]
Stefania Pandolfo^[15]^[16]
Paul Rabinow
Lawrence Rosen
Susan Slyomovics^[17]^[18]
Emilio Spadola^[19]

References

^ Tobolka, Radim (2003). "Gellner and Geertz in Morocco: A Segmentary Debate*" (PDF). Social Evolution & History. 2 (2): 88–117.
^ Eickleman, Dale (2020). "Anthropology in Morocco since the 1960s:A Personal Odyssey" (PDF). Hesperis-Tamuda. LV (2): 209–228.
^ Chtatou, Mohamed (2020). "Encounters with American Anthropologists in Morocco" (PDF). Hesperis-Tamuda. LV (2): 263–287.
^ Boum, Aomar (2013). Memories of absence: how Muslims remember Jews in Morocco. Stanford, California. ISBN 978-0-8047-8851-9. OCLC 861665566.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Park, Thomas Kerlin; Aomar Boum (2006). Historical dictionary of Morocco (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-5341-8. OCLC 61123098.
^ Dwyer, Kevin (1982). Moroccan dialogues: anthropology in question. Faqir Muhammad. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-2759-0. OCLC 8306637.
^ Tazi, M. A. (2004). Beyond Casablanca: M.A. Tazi and the adventure of Moroccan cinema. Kevin Dwyer. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-11111-0. OCLC 66145173.
^ Eickelman, Dale F. (1976). Moroccan Islam: tradition and society in a pilgrimage center. Austin. ISBN 0-292-75025-0. OCLC 1991217.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Hart, David M. (2000). Tribe and society in rural Morocco. Portland, OR: Frank Cass. ISBN 0-7146-5016-1. OCLC 43684596.
^ Hart, David M. (1976). The Aith Waryaghar of the Moroccan Rif: an ethnography and history. Tucson. ISBN 0-8165-0452-0. OCLC 2470720.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Newcomb, Rachel (2009). Women of Fes: ambiguities of urban life in Morocco. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-4124-2. OCLC 229036309.
^ Newcomb, Rachel (2017). Everyday life in global Morocco. Bloomington, Indiana, USA. ISBN 978-0-253-03130-3. OCLC 1007245338.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Ossman, Susan (1994). Picturing Casablanca: portraits of power in a modern city. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-91431-5. OCLC 44955364.
^ Ossman, Susan (2002). Three faces of beauty: Casablanca, Paris, Cairo. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-2881-X. OCLC 48100656.
^ Pandolfo, Stefania (2018). Knot of the soul : madness, psychoanalysis, Islam. Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-46492-3. OCLC 973880014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Pandolfo, Stefania (1997). Impasse of the angels : scenes from a Moroccan space of memory. Chicago. ISBN 0-226-64531-2. OCLC 36640637.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Slyomovics, Susan (2005). The performance of human rights in Morocco. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-3858-3. OCLC 56481387.
^ Susan Slyomovics, ed. (2010). Clifford Geertz in Morocco. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-55907-2. OCLC 656454599.
^ Spadola, Emilio (2014). The calls of Islam: Sufis, Islamists, and mass mediation in urban Morocco. Bloomington. ISBN 978-0-253-01145-9. OCLC 867631000.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[1] Tobolka, Radim (2003). "Gellner and Geertz in Morocco: A Segmentary Debate*" (PDF). Social Evolution & History. 2 (2): 88–117.

[2] Eickleman, Dale (2020). "Anthropology in Morocco since the 1960s:A Personal Odyssey" (PDF). Hesperis-Tamuda. LV (2): 209–228.

[3] Chtatou, Mohamed (2020). "Encounters with American Anthropologists in Morocco" (PDF). Hesperis-Tamuda. LV (2): 263–287.

[4] Boum, Aomar (2013). Memories of absence: how Muslims remember Jews in Morocco. Stanford, California. ISBN 978-0-8047-8851-9. OCLC 861665566.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[5] Park, Thomas Kerlin; Aomar Boum (2006). Historical dictionary of Morocco (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-5341-8. OCLC 61123098.

[6] Dwyer, Kevin (1982). Moroccan dialogues: anthropology in question. Faqir Muhammad. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-2759-0. OCLC 8306637.

[7] Tazi, M. A. (2004). Beyond Casablanca: M.A. Tazi and the adventure of Moroccan cinema. Kevin Dwyer. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-11111-0. OCLC 66145173.

[8] Eickelman, Dale F. (1976). Moroccan Islam: tradition and society in a pilgrimage center. Austin. ISBN 0-292-75025-0. OCLC 1991217.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[9] Hart, David M. (2000). Tribe and society in rural Morocco. Portland, OR: Frank Cass. ISBN 0-7146-5016-1. OCLC 43684596.

[10] Hart, David M. (1976). The Aith Waryaghar of the Moroccan Rif: an ethnography and history. Tucson. ISBN 0-8165-0452-0. OCLC 2470720.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[11] Newcomb, Rachel (2009). Women of Fes: ambiguities of urban life in Morocco. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-4124-2. OCLC 229036309.

[12] Newcomb, Rachel (2017). Everyday life in global Morocco. Bloomington, Indiana, USA. ISBN 978-0-253-03130-3. OCLC 1007245338.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[13] Ossman, Susan (1994). Picturing Casablanca: portraits of power in a modern city. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-91431-5. OCLC 44955364.

[14] Ossman, Susan (2002). Three faces of beauty: Casablanca, Paris, Cairo. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-2881-X. OCLC 48100656.

[15] Pandolfo, Stefania (2018). Knot of the soul : madness, psychoanalysis, Islam. Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-46492-3. OCLC 973880014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[16] Pandolfo, Stefania (1997). Impasse of the angels : scenes from a Moroccan space of memory. Chicago. ISBN 0-226-64531-2. OCLC 36640637.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[17] Slyomovics, Susan (2005). The performance of human rights in Morocco. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-3858-3. OCLC 56481387.

[18] Susan Slyomovics, ed. (2010). Clifford Geertz in Morocco. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-55907-2. OCLC 656454599.

[19] Spadola, Emilio (2014). The calls of Islam: Sufis, Islamists, and mass mediation in urban Morocco. Bloomington. ISBN 978-0-253-01145-9. OCLC 867631000.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)