Theatre, Ritual and Transformation

The Senoi Temiars

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Mental Health
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Author: Sue Jennings ISBN: 9781317725473
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 20, 2018
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Sue Jennings
ISBN: 9781317725473
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 20, 2018
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Sue Jennings and her three children spent two years on a fieldwork expedition to the Senoi Temiar people of Malaysia: Theatre, Ritual and Transformation is a fascinating account of that experience. She describes how the Temiar regularly perform seances which are enacted through dreams, dance, music and drama, and explains that they see the seance as playing a valuable preventative role in people's lives, as well as being a medium of healing and cure. Her account brings together the insights of drama, therapy and theatre with those of social anthropology to provide an invaluable theoretical framework for understanding theatre and ritual and their links with healing.

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Sue Jennings and her three children spent two years on a fieldwork expedition to the Senoi Temiar people of Malaysia: Theatre, Ritual and Transformation is a fascinating account of that experience. She describes how the Temiar regularly perform seances which are enacted through dreams, dance, music and drama, and explains that they see the seance as playing a valuable preventative role in people's lives, as well as being a medium of healing and cure. Her account brings together the insights of drama, therapy and theatre with those of social anthropology to provide an invaluable theoretical framework for understanding theatre and ritual and their links with healing.

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