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Ilham Alam: Nature and Healing in the Malay World

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$29.90
$29.90 - $29.90
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Hardback, 100 pages

Bilingual: English and Malay

9789810965112

 

Contents:

Gallery 1 - The Body of Nature, the Human Body in Historical Ethno-Medical Traditions

• Nature and Healing in the Malay World

• Traditional Malay Healing Approaches

• Healing Performances

• Islam and Traditional Malay Medicine

• Colonial Explorations of Malay Forests and Peoples

• The Impact of the Scientific Revolution on the Malay World

 

Gallery 2 – Fading into the Forest, the Art and Practice of Traditional Malay Medicine

• Fading into the Forest

• Traditional Malay Healers

• Tok Mudim

• Mak Bidan

• Tukang Urut

• Making Medicine: Jamu, Then and Now

• Beyond the Horizon: The Future of Traditional Malay Medicine