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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)
Taming the Wind of Desire Psychology Medicine and Aesthetics in Malay Shamanistic Performance - Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care
Author: Carol Laderman
Charged with restoring harmony and relieving pain, the Malay shaman places his patients in trance and encourages them to express their talents, drives, personality traitsthe "Inner Winds" of Malay medical lorein a kind of performance. These healing ceremonies, formerly viewed by Western anthropologists as exotic curiosities, actually reveal ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520069169
ISBN-10: 0520069161
Publication Date: 5/22/1991
Pages: 366
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Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Book Type: Hardcover
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