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