The geography of madness : penis thieves, voodoo death, and the search for the meaning of the world's strangest syndromes /
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| Author / Creator: | Bures, Frank, author. |
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| Imprint: | Brooklyn, NY ; London : Melville House, [2016] |
| Description: | xiii, 241 pages ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10766989 |
| Summary: | Travel writer Frank Bures investigates the strange phenomenon of 'culture-bound' syndromes across the world: illnesses with a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are only considered to be a disease within a specific society or culture. They are found across the world within cultures and viewed from outside can seem both mysterious and odd. Bures has travelled worldwide and recounts strange cases such as voodoo death and penis theft. He investigates epidemics that seem like madness to outsiders but all-too-real to those experiencing them. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 241 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-231) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781612193724 1612193722 9781612193731 |
