Taming the Wind of Desire: Psychology, Medicine, and Aesthetics in Malay Shamanistic Performance - Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care - Carol Laderman - Books - University of California Press - 9780520082588 - March 10, 1993
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Taming the Wind of Desire: Psychology, Medicine, and Aesthetics in Malay Shamanistic Performance - Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care

Carol Laderman

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Taming the Wind of Desire: Psychology, Medicine, and Aesthetics in Malay Shamanistic Performance - Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care

An ethnographic study of Malay healing ceremonies involving the practices of shamen, who place their patients in a trance and encourage them to express their inner thoughts in a type of performance. The ceremony reveals a psychological content relevant to Western medical practice today.


386 pages, 21 b&w photographs

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 10, 1993
ISBN13 9780520082588
Publishers University of California Press
Pages 386
Dimensions 231 × 515 × 29 mm   ·   628 g
Language English  

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