Taming the Wind of Desire: Psychology, Medicine, and Aesthetics in Malay Shamanistic Performance: 29 (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care)

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  Paperback
  1993

  $44.73

  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.