Latah in South-East Asia: The History and Ethnography of a Culture-Bound Syndrome
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Latah, the Malayan hyperstartle pattern, has fascinated Western observers since the late nineteenth century and is widely regarded as a culture-bound syndrome. Robert 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 ways in which local people understand it. Arguing that latah has specific social functions, he concludes that it is not appropriate to regard it as an illness or a syndrome.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521031370
ISBN13:9780521031370
Release Date:September 2008
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.64 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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