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The Geography Of Madness : Penis Thieves Voodoo Death And The Search For The Meaning Of The World's Strangest Syndromes
Paperback Edition: 1
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 to real to those experiencing them.
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Pages : 241
Publisher : Melvile House Publishing
Publication date : 2017-07-17
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Science And Technology, Anthropology/archaeology, Earth Science, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography, Human Geography