Author: Laderman, Carol
Title: Taming the Winds of Desire : Psychology, Medicine & Aesthetics in Malay Shamanistic Performance
Description: Berkeley [CA], Univ. of California Press, (1991). orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, xvi,366 pp, PAPERBACK. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care, no. 29.. Minor rubbing. An ink mark to top page-edge. VG. ¶ 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"- Publisher's description.

Keywords: Medical Anthropology, Malays Traditional, Folk Medicine, Ethnography, Malaysia Sociology, Southeast Asia, Kampong Merchang, Terengganu, Malay Shamanism, Ethnology Social