Memory and presence of female saints in Ksar El Kebir (Morocco) : : oral transmission and written tradition / / by Rachid El Hour and Manuela Marín ; translated by Nicholas Callaway.

• Superior document: Studies in the history and society of the Maghrib ; Volume 13
• VerfasserIn: El Hour, Rachid,; Marín, Manuela, 1945-
• TeilnehmendeR: Marín, Manuela, 1945-; Callaway, Nicholas,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history and society of the Maghrib ; Volume 13.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (177 pages)

This book discusses hagiographical sources from Morocco taking in consideration the often-overlooked oral tradition. Orality, as is shown in this study, completes and enriches the vision of hagiography that written sources traditionally has offered. The most relevant example in this book is the high presence of female saints in oral narratives that were not included in any other written sources. Recovering oral tradition to study hagiography as well as the role of female saints in Morocco has been one of the main areas of focus in this study as well as problematizing the dependence and dialogue between written and oral culture and can help to understand the diffusion and presence of similar phenomena in other areas of Morocco.

Table of Contents

1. Male and Female Saints in Medieval Islam -- 2. Maghrebi Hagiographies: The Written Texts -- 3. Maghrebi Hagiographies: Oral Traditions and Material Remains -- 4. Ksar El Kebir: History and Sainthood -- 5. Ksar El Kebir: The Spanish Colonial Gaze and the Veneration of Saints -- 6. Remembering the Female Saints of Ksar El Kebir: Oral Sources and Hagiographical Writings -- 7. Biography and Hagiography: Oral Accounts of the Female Saints of Ksar El Kebir -- 8. The Interviews -- Conclusions -- Maps -- Illustrations -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index.