Bibliograph

The geography of madness, penis thieves, voodoo death, and the search for the meaning of the world's strangest syndromes, Frank Bures

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The geography of madness, penis thieves, voodoo death, and the search for the meaning of the world's strangest syndromes, Frank Bures

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The geography of madness

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Frank Bures

Sub title

penis thieves, voodoo death, and the search for the meaning of the world's strangest syndromes

Summary

"Jon Ronson meets David Grann in this fascinating, wildly entertaining adventure and travel story about how culture can make us go totally insane The Geography of Madness is an investigation of "culture-bound" syndromes, which are far stranger than they sound. Why is it, for example, that some men believe, against all reason, that vandals stole their penises, even though they're in good physical shape? In The Geography of Madness, acclaimed magazine writer Frank Bures travels around the world to trace culture-bound syndromes to their sources--and in the process, tells a remarkable story about the strange things all of us believe"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The case of the missing manhood -- Following threads -- Culture bound -- Modern minds -- Savage minds -- Bad buns -- American maladies -- Mingling medicines -- Strange loops -- The dragon's tail -- The chains that bind us -- The worm turns -- Beyond belief -- To the sea

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