Crying : the natural and cultural history of tears / Tom Lutz.

  • Lutz, Tom.
Date:
[1999], ©1999
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Publication/Creation

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [1999], ©1999.

Physical description

352 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents

Why tears? -- Tears of pleasure, tears of grace, and the weeping hero -- The crying body -- The psychology of tears -- Men and women, infants and children -- Cultures of mourning -- Tears of revenge, seduction, escape, and empathy -- Fictional tears -- The end of tears.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-337) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    QZ /LUT
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ISBN

  • 0393047563