Latah in South-East Asia
Subtitle: The History and Ethnography of a Culture-bound Syndrome (Publications of the Society for Psychological Anthropology)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780521031370
Subjects: Ethnography; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; South East Asia; Anthropology - Cultural; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Psychology; Ethnopsychology--Malaysia--Pasir Mas (Kelantan); Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; General
First sentence: The earliest European account to be cited as an actual or possible reference to latah (by Yap 1952: 516; Murphy 1972: 43) is contained in J. R. Logan's journal of his trip from Melaka into Naning, published in 1849.