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The Geography of Madness

ISBN-13: 9781612195568

Author(s): Frank Bures

Subjects: WTL

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Melville House Publishing

Publication Date: 13-04-2017

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: Temporary unavailable

£14.99
The Geography of Madness

About the book

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.