Research Article
Culture Bound Syndrome Of Latah Javanese Women With The Analysis Of Cultural Determinism Anthropological Psychology In The Plantation Area Of Pangarungan Village, Labuhan Batu Selatan
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.11-10-2022.2325510, author={Puspitawati Puspitawati and Dedi Andriansyah and Ayu Rulyani and Lia Chairani and Karina Ita Apulina Bangun}, title={Culture Bound Syndrome Of Latah Javanese Women With The Analysis Of Cultural Determinism Anthropological Psychology In The Plantation Area Of Pangarungan Village, Labuhan Batu Selatan}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science and Culture, ICIESC 2022, 11 October 2022, Medan, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICIESC}, year={2022}, month={12}, keywords={latah javanese woman cultural determinism}, doi={10.4108/eai.11-10-2022.2325510} }
- Puspitawati Puspitawati
Dedi Andriansyah
Ayu Rulyani
Lia Chairani
Karina Ita Apulina Bangun
Year: 2022
Culture Bound Syndrome Of Latah Javanese Women With The Analysis Of Cultural Determinism Anthropological Psychology In The Plantation Area Of Pangarungan Village, Labuhan Batu Selatan
ICIESC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.11-10-2022.2325510
Abstract
This research is a qualitative research with an ethnographic approach that explores the relationship between Javanese Woman Latah Personality Disorder and plantation culture in Pangarungan Village, Labuhan Batu Selatan. This study reveals the characteristics of Latah^s personality disorder, the background of Latah^s personality disorder, and the cultural influences of Javanese women^s social life in plantations which are factors that cause personality disorders. Through data collection techniques utilizing participatory observation (life in) and unstructured interviews that focus on exploring the life history of women who experience Latah, the results obtained are that several women experience the Latah type (echopraxia) in the form of surprising behavior by imitating the movements of people who were surprising him. There is also a Latah type (echolalia) with a form of surprising behavior accompanied by repeated words. This action turned out to be related to community life in enclave plantations, and full of stratification