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 | | Latah in South-East Asia: The History and Ethnography of a Culture-bound Syndrome (Publications of the Society for Psychological Anthropology) by Robert L. Winzeler ISBN-10: 9780521472197 ISBN-10: 0-521-47219-9 ISBN-13: 9780521472197 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-47219-7 Hardcover 1995-02-24 Cambridge University Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description 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." | ||
Book Description 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 ways in which local people understand it. Arguing that latah has specific social functions, he concludes that it should not be treated as an 'illness' or 'syndrome'. | ||
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Excellent contribution to psychological anthropology Though the subject of latah, a Malayan hyperstartle pattern, is inherently interesting, Winzeler's in-depth study using both historical documentation and personal fieldwork experiences brings to the reader a sophisticated knowledge of this culture-bound syndrome. Anyone who is interested in insular Southeast Asia, medical anthropology or psychological anthropology should read this book | ||