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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.

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART 1. MALAY MEDICINE, MALAY PERSON
1. An Introduction to Malay Shamanism
2. Islamic Humoralism on the Malay Peninsula
3. "Unusual" Illnesses
4. Angin: the Inner Winds
5. The Performance of Healing
PART n. RITUAL DRAMAS OF HEALING
6. A Stifled Talent
7. Seance for a Sick Shaman
8. Breaking Contracts with the Spirit World
PART III. AFTERWORD
9. Words and Meaning
APPENDIX A. A SHAMAN SPEAKS
APPENDIX B. MUSIC OF THE MAIN PETERI
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/10/1993 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520082588, 978-0520082588
      ISBN10: 0520082583

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      PART 1. MALAY MEDICINE, MALAY PERSON
      1. An Introduction to Malay Shamanism
      2. Islamic Humoralism on the Malay Peninsula
      3. "Unusual" Illnesses
      4. Angin: the Inner Winds
      5. The Performance of Healing
      PART n. RITUAL DRAMAS OF HEALING
      6. A Stifled Talent
      7. Seance for a Sick Shaman
      8. Breaking Contracts with the Spirit World
      PART III. AFTERWORD
      9. Words and Meaning
      APPENDIX A. A SHAMAN SPEAKS
      APPENDIX B. MUSIC OF THE MAIN PETERI
      Glossary
      Bibliography
      Index

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