Taming the Wind of Desire: Psychology, Medicine, and Aesthetics in Malay Shamanistic Performance

by Carol Laderman

Book Overview

Charged with restoring harmony and relieving pain, the Malay shaman places his patients in trance and encourages them to express their talents, drives, personality traits--the "Inner Winds" of Malay medical lore--in a kind of performance. These healing ceremonies, formerly viewed by Western anthropologists as exotic curiosities, actually reveal complex multicultural origins and a unique indigenous medical tradition whose psychological content is remarkably...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520082583
• ISBN13: 9780520082588
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"