Title Taming the wind of desire : psychology, medicine, and aesthetics in Malay shamanistic performance / Carol Laderman.

Publication Info.	Berkeley : University of California Press, [1991]
	©1991

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 366 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Comparative studies of health systems and medical care
	Comparative studies of health systems and medical care.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-361) and index.
Summary	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. The book explores Malay shamanism.
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Subject	Malays (Asian people) -- Medicine.
	Malays (Asian people) -- Medicine.
	Malays (Asian people) -- Religion.
	Malays (Asian people) -- Religion.
	Malays (Asian people)
	Shamanism -- Malaysia -- Kampung Mercang (Terengganu)
	Shamanism.
	Malaysia -- Kampung Mercang (Terengganu)
	Traditional medicine -- Malaysia -- Kampung Mercang (Terengganu)
	Traditional medicine.
	Kampung Mercang (Terengganu, Malaysia) -- Social life and customs.
	Anthropology, Cultural.
	Medicine, Traditional.
	Religion and Medicine.
	Religion and Psychology.
	Malaysia.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Laderman, Carol. Taming the wind of desire. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1991 0520069161 (DLC) 90038031 (OCoLC)21593444
ISBN	9780520913707 (electronic book)
	0520913701 (electronic book)
	0585070423 (electronic book)
	9780585070421 (electronic book)