Taming the wind of desire: psychology, medicine, and aesthetics in Malay shamanistic performance

742 Pages·1991·3.87 MB·English

by  Carol Laderman

Taming the Wind of Desire : Psychology,
Medicine, and Aesthetics in Malay
title: Shamanistic Performance Comparative
Studies of Health Systems and Medical
Care
author: Laderman, Carol.
publisher: University of California Press
isbn10 | asin:
print isbn13: 9780520069169
ebook isbn13: 9780585070421
language: English
Malays (Asian people)--Medicine, Malays
(Asian people)--Religion, Shamanism--
Terengganu--Kampong Merchang,
subject
Traditional medicine--Terengganu--
Kampong Merchang, Kampong Merchang
(Terengganu)--Social life and customs.
publication date: 1991
lcc: DS595.L33 1991eb
ddc: 615.8/82/095951
Malays (Asian people)--Medicine, Malays
(Asian people)--Religion, Shamanism--
Terengganu--Kampong Merchang,
subject:
Traditional medicine--Terengganu--
Kampong Merchang, Kampong Merchang
(Terengganu)--Social life and customs.
Page i
Taming the Wind of Desire
Page ii
COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF HEALTH SYSTEMS AND
MEDICAL CARE
General Editor
John M. Janzen
Founding Editor
Charles Leslie
Editorial Board
Don Bates, M.D.,
McGill University
Frederick L. Dunn, M.D.,
University of California, San Francisco
Kris Heggenhougen,
University of London
Brigitte Jordan,
Michigan State University
Shirley Lindenbaum
The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of
New York
Patricia L. Rosenfield,
The Carnegie Corporation of New York
Paul U. Unschuld,
University of Munich
Francis Zimmermann,
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
For a complete list of titles in this series, please contact the Sales
Department
University of California Press
2120 Berkeley Way
Berkeley, CA 94720
Page iii
Taming the Wind of Desire
Psychology, Medicine, and Aesthetics in Malay
Shamanistic Performance
Carol Laderman
University of California Press
Berkeley Los Angeles London
Page iv
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press
London, England
Copyright © 1991
by The Regents of the University of California
Printed in the United States of America
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
First Paperback Printing 1993
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Laderman, Carol.
Taming the wind of desire: psychology, medicine, and aesthetics
in Malay shamanistic performance / Carol Laderman.
p. cm. (Comparative studies of health systems and medical
care)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-520-08258-3
1. Malays (Asian people)Medicine. 2. Malays (Asian people)
Religion. 3. ShamanismTrengganuKampong Merchang. 4. Folk
medicineTrengganuKampong Merchang. 5. Kampong Merchang
(Trengganu)Social life and customs. I. Title. II. Series.
DS595.L33 1991
615.8´82´095951dc20 90-38031
The paper used in this publication
meets the minimum requirements of American
National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence
of Paper for Printed Library Materials,
ANSI Z39.48-1984

Page v
For my parents, Sylvia and Philip Ciavati,
and Pak Long Awang Bin Ali
and for my children,
Raphael and Michael Laderman
Page vii
CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xvi
Part I. Malay Medicine, Malay Person 1
1. An Introduction to Malay Shamanism 3
2. Islamic Humoralism on the Malay Peninsula 15
3. "Unusual" Illnesses 40
4. Angin: the Inner Winds 64
5. The Performance of Healing 86
Part II. Ritual Dramas of Healing 113
6. A Stifled Talent 115
7. Seance for a Sick Shaman 181
8. Breaking Contracts with the Spirit World 216
Part III. Afterword 295
9. Words and Meaning 297
Appendix A. A Shaman Speaks 307
Appendix B. Music of the Main Peteri 323
Glossary 341
Bibliography 347
Index 363