Healers, doctors and the search for a middle ground: examining the perceptions of traditional Malay medicine in Singapore during the 1950s and 1960s

This thesis explores the perceptions of traditional Malay medicine in Singapore during the 1950s. Through a cultural analysis of films and interviews with practitioners, clients, and eyewitnesses. It argues that the increasing presence of biomedicine in the lives of the Malay community had shaped th...

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Main Author: Ahmad Hasif Mohammad Amran
Other Authors: Faizah Binte Zakaria
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165362