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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| Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
| Language: | English |
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Nanyang Technological University
2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165362 |