Politics & Social Sciences | Social Sciences
The Geography of Madness
by Frank Bures 2020-07-15 10:59:23
image1
COMPARE PRICE
Why do some men become convinced—despite what doctors tell them—that their penises have, simply, disappeared. Why do people across the world become convinced that they are cursed to die on a particular date—and then do? Why do peopl... Read more
Why do some men become convinced—despite what doctors tell them—that their penises have, simply, disappeared. Why do people across the world become convinced that they are cursed to die on a particular date—and then do? Why do people in Malaysia suddenly “run amok”? In The Geography of Madness, acclaimed magazine writer Frank Bures investigates these and other “culture-bound” syndromes, tracing each seemingly baffling phenomenon to its source. It’s a fascinating, and at times rollicking, adventure that takes the reader around the world and deep into the oddities of the human psyche. What Bures uncovers along the way is a poignant and stirring story of the persistence of belief, fear, and hope. Less
  • Publication date
  • Language
  • ISBN
  • April 26, 2016
  • eng
  • 9781612193731
autor-image
Frank Bures
Author
FRANK BURES's stories have appeared in Harper's, Esquire, Outside, Bicycling, and Wired, and have been included in a number of Best American Travel Writing anthologies. They've also been selected as "...
Compare Prices
image
Buy GBP 18.34
Available Discount
12 % OFF
12% off Academic Book Titles (ebooks.com)
Show Coupon Code

See More Details

Description: Back to School Promotion at eBooks.com. 12% off Academic book titles. Landing page is on our academics category page. Static image.

10 % OFF
Save 10% OFF on Student Text Books (ebooks.com)
Show Coupon Code

See More Details

Description: Purchase textbooks at student discounts!

20 % OFF
20% Off on selected Categories
Show Coupon Code

See More Details

Description: 20% Off these Categories- Body Mind & Spirit, Family & Relationships, Foreign Language Study, History, Sports & Recreation. Offer Lasts all through January.

Related Books
view all
image1
Signs of Change; Seven Lectures:
image1
Readings on Fascism and National Socialism:
image1
A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin: Or, an Essay on Slavery:
image1
An Essay on the Principle of Population:
image1
The Negro in the South:
image1
Tea and Tea Drinking:
image1
Crowds: A Moving-Picture Democracy...:
image1
American Indian Stories:
image1
The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation, and Other Essays:
image1
The History of the Catnach Press : At Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Alnwick and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, in Northumberland, and Seven Dials, London:
image1
What Shall We Do?:
image1
Crime: Its Cause and Treatment:
image1
The Black Man: The Father of Civilization - Proven by Biblical History:
image1
Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, First Series:
image1
New Worlds for Old: A Plain Account of Modern Socialism:
image1
The Querist:
image1
The Mediaeval Mind Vol 1 of 2: A History of The Development of Thought & Emotion in The Middle Ages:
image1
Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Second Series:
image1
The Christmas Kalends of Provence and Some Other Provençal Festivals:
image1
Kankanay Ceremonies (American Archaeology and Ethnology):
image1
The Abounding American:
image1
Women's Work:
image1
Women's Wild Oats: Essays on the Re-Fixing of Moral Standards:
image1
Abolition Fanaticism in New York; Speech of a Runaway Slave from Baltimore:
image1
What to Do? Thoughts Evoked by the Census of Moscow:

Stay in touch.

© 2024 AMPLE READS