Traditional Malay medicine in Singapore : a gramscian perspective

• Main Authors: Faizah Zakaria, Humairah Zainal
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Humanities::General; Traditional Malay Medicine; Gramsci
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146156
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Studies of Singapore’s brand of technocratic authoritarianism have generally focused on the political sphere. This article examines the social aspect of authoritarian hegemony by focusing on Singapore’s traditional Malay medicine (TMM) sector, which comprises a range of practitioners from shops offe...