Carol Laderman
Carol Laderman (October 25, 1932 – July 6, 2010) was a groundbreaking medical anthropologist, specializing in the study of pregnancy and childbirth practices, shamanism, and Southeast Asian cultures, particularly Malays in rural Terengganu, Malaysia. She was also a critically acclaimed writer and a longtime professor and lecturer who had just been re-elevated to Chairmanship of the Department of Anthropology at City College at the time of her death. Provided by Wikipedia-
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Wives and midwives : childbirth and nutrition in rural Malaysia
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1983Format: Book
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Taming the wind of desire : psychology, medicine, and aesthetics in Malay shamanistic performance
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1991Format: Book
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The performance of healing
New York : Routledge, 1996Other Authors: “…Laderman, Carol…”
Format: Book