An Analysis of Malay Magic
Kirk Michael Endicott(Author)
OUP Australia and New Zealand (Publisher)
Published on 1. July 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
197 pages
978-0-19-588576-7 (ISBN)
Description
Traditional Malay beliefs and practices - the folk-religion of the Malays divorced from its Islamic overlay - has held a fascination for Europeans and generated a body of literature to which Annandale, Skeat and Winstedt number amongst the distinguished contributors. In this study the author attempts to identify some order and coherence out of the vast labyrinth of concepts, superstitions and observances which form the skein of Malay magic, and takes an analytical approach to establish some of the leading characteristics of the Malay world-view. In doing so, he reveals a coherent order encompassing the visible and invisible worlds and the men, plants, animals, souls and spirits that inhabit them, which sheds light not only on the beliefs themselves but also on a type of cultural pattern especially suited to situations in which cultural traditions are mixed.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Melbourne
Australia
Publishing group
Oxford University Press Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
frontispiece, bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-588576-7 (9780195885767)
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