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

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520069161
• ISBN13: 9780520069169
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.