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Auteur(s) : Winzeler, Robert L.
Titre(s) : Latah in Southeast Asia [Texte imprimé] : the history and ethnography of a culture-bound syndrome / Robert L. Winzeler
Publication : Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995
Description matérielle : xvi, 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Publications of the Society for Psychological Anthropology ; 7
Lien à la collection : Publications of the Society for psychological anthropology
Comprend : Introduction: the problem of latah ; pt. I. The problem of latah. 1. The study of
latah. 2. Latah, history, and gender. 3. "Latah" elsewhere ; pt. II. Latah, society,
and culture. 4. Latah in Kelantan: an overview. 5. Latah and Malay culture. 6. Symbolic
meanings and social uses ; pt. III. Borneo comparisons and perspectives. 7. Latah
in Borneo. 8. Latah and the Iban ; pt. IV. Conclusions. 9. Explaining latah: paradigm
and paradox, syndrome and ritual, nature and culture.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-168) and index
"Latah," the Malayan hyperstartle pattern, has fascinated Western observers since
the late nineteenth century and is widely regarded as a "culture-bound syndrome."
Dr Winzeler critically reviews the literature on the subject, and presents new ethnographic
information based on his own fieldwork in Malaya and Borneo. He considers the biological
and psychological hypotheses that have been proposed to account for "latah," and explains
the way in which local people understand it. Arguing that latah has specific social
uses, he concludes that it is not generally appropriate to regard it as an "illness"
or "syndrome."
Sujet(s) : Malais (peuple d'Asie du Sud-Est) -- Moeurs et coutumes
Ethnopsychologie -- Kelantan (Malaisie)
Ethnopsychologie -- Sarawak (Malaisie)
Latah -- Malaisie -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0521472199 (hardback). - ISBN 9780521472197 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb371483572
Notice n° :
FRBNF37148357
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